NIW Cases Approved in April 2017
This report includes nine (9) NIW I-140 cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in April 2017. 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 Monica Castellanos, Legal Assistant at LPY Law Group.
Case #1
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Electrical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Research Associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 50+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | March 23, 2016 |
| Approval Date: | April 6, 2017 |
Case #2
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Economics |
| Current Position: | Modeling and Analytics Associate at a bank |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 5 journal papers Cited approximately 40 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | May 5, 2016 |
| Approval Date: | April 21, 2017 |
Case #3
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Entomology |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Research Associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 7 journal papers Cited approximately 70+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | May 9, 2016 |
| Approval Date: | April 28, 2017 |
Case #4
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Chemical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Research Associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 110+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 1 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | November 7, 2016 |
| Approval Date: | April 13, 2017 |
Case #5
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Digital Signal Processing and Advanced Imaging Technology |
| Current Position: | Processing Geophysicist at an oil and gas company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 680+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | November 10, 2016 |
| Approval Date: | April 27, 2017 |
Case #6
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Neuroscience |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 4 journal papers Cited approximately 90+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | April 25, 2016 |
| Approval Date: | April 7, 2017 |
Case #7
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Scholar at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 9 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 40+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | November 25, 2016 |
| Approval Date: | April 27, 2017 |
Case #8
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Current Position: | Technical Staff Member for a hardware and software company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 3 journal papers Cited approximately 20+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | October 7, 2015 |
| Approval Date: | April 18, 2017 |
Case #9
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Environmental Science |
| Current Position: | Researcher at a research institute |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 9 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 40 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | May 6, 2016 |
| Approval Date: | April 28, 2017 |
For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.
