NIW Cases Approved in August 2013
This report includes twenty-seven (27) NIW I-140 cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in August 2013. We list the basic credentials of each case and hope our readers find the information helpful. For confidentiality purposes, a number is assigned to replace the petitioner/beneficiary's name in each case. It is our firm's policy to hold client's information strictly confidential.
Compiled and briefed by Tiffany Smith, Senior Legal Assistant at LPY Law Group.
Case #1
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Computer Science |
| Current Position: | Research associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 30+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 |
| Filing Date: | July 1, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 2, 2013 |
Case #2
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 9 journal papers Cited approximately 170+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 1, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 2, 2013 |
Case #3
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Bioinformatics |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 7 journal papers Cited approximately 120+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | April 1, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 6, 2013 |
Case #4
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Pharmaceutical Science |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 60 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | May 14, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 12, 2013 |
Case #5
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Biomedical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral research associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 110+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | June 14, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 29, 2013 |
Case #6
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Materials Science |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral appointee at a national laboratory |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 30+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 250 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 6 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 31, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 26, 2013 |
Case #7
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Computer Science and Engineering |
| Current Position: | Research scientist at an engineering company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 10+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 50+ times by other researchers worldwide |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 9, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 5, 2013 |
Case #8
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Computational Biology |
| Current Position: | Research associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 160+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | March 27, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 2, 2013 |
Case #9
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Computer Science and Engineering |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral researcher at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 8 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 40+ times by other researchers worldwide |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | February 21, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 13, 2013 |
Case #10
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Biomedical Science |
| Current Position: | Assistant scientist at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 70 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | May 21, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 20, 2013 |
Case #11
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Electrical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Product engineering at an automotive company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 4 journal papers Cited approximately 40+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 1 independent expert |
| Filing Date: | May 13, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 20, 2013 |
Case #12
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Organic Chemistry |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral researcher at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 6 journal papers Cited approximately 30+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | February 20, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 19, 2013 |
Case #13
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Physics |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral scholar at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 50+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 30, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 19, 2013 |
Case #14
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Genetics |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 6 journal papers Cited approximately 370+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | May 13, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 12, 2013 |
Case #15
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Molecular Biology |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral fellow at a medical center |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 460+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | June 18, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 22, 2013 |
Case #16
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Biomedical Science |
| Current Position: | Associate researcher at a medical center |
| Major Credentials: | M.S. from a US university Published 4 journal papers Cited approximately 30+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | June 10, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 1, 2013 |
Case #17
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Genetics |
| Current Position: | Research fellow at a medical school |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 10 journal papers Cited approximately 360+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 23, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 5, 2013 |
Case #18
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Petroleum Engineering |
| Current Position: | Engineer at an oil and gas consulting company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 70+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | May 8, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 12, 2013 |
Case #19
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Biomedical Science |
| Current Position: | Research fellow at a medical research institute |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 100+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | May 8, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 13, 2013 |
Case #20
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral research fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 20+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 80+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | June 7, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 28, 2013 |
Case #21
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Neuroscience |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral scholar at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 3 journal papers Cited approximately 50+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 17, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 28, 2013 |
Case #22
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Pharmacometrics |
| Current Position: | Research specialist at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 90+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | June 25, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 26, 2013 |
Case #23
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Physics |
| Current Position: | Research scientist at a manufacturing company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 20+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 500+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | April 10, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 13, 2013 |
Case #24
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Electrical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Software engineer at a technology company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 10 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 20+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | March 26, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 2, 2013 |
Case #25
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Organic Chemistry |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral scholar at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 20 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 110+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | February 4, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 27, 2013 |
Case #26
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Physics |
| Current Position: | Physicist at a healthcare company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a US university Published 7 journal papers Cited approximately 160+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | May 3, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 16, 2013 |
Case #27
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Organic Chemistry |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral research associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 20 journal papers Cited approximately 190+ times by other researchers worldwide |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | June 12, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 5, 2013 |
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