Success Stories: EB-1B Petition Approved for a Case We Accepted for Representation After an RFE Was Issued for Assistant Professor in Kentucky in the Field of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering

Posted by wegreened on January 30, 2026 in EB1 Green Card, General Engineering (Industrial Engineering)

We Received EB1B Approval for an Assistant Professor in the Field of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering on August 11^th, 2014

General Field: Operations Research and Industrial Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Assistant Professor

Petitioner: A University

Country of Origin: India

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Kentucky

Approval Notice Date: August 4, 2014

Processing Time: 5 months, 29 days (Premium Processing requested upon filing)

Case Summary:

At North America Immigration Law Group– WeGreened.com, we recently received an EB1B approval for an Assistant Professor in the field of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. The beneficiary’s outstanding ability, highly skilled background, and impressive record of achievement provided a strong case for his EB1B petition. His specialized research has focused on the related areas of supply chain management, logistics management, and operations management. This field is concerned with using mathematical modeling, analytical methodologies, and computer tools to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of large-scale operations for a variety of purposes, including health emergency preparedness, energy efficiency, improved customer service, and improved supply chain effectiveness. His research work had resulted in 9 publications and 24 conference proceedings and presentations. He had also served as the referee of 12 journals and conferences at the time we filed the case. Furthermore, the beneficiary had a total of 24 citations to his work by independent and leading researchers from prestigious institutions and organizations around the world, indicating the major significance of his work. The petitioner in this case was a university. The significance of the beneficiary’s research is confirmed in the following quote by an independent recommender, “He showed the semi open models provide more accurate time estimates for the sojourn time of a kanban card and for a number of other key performance measures. This was confirmed through a robust analysis of the relative performance of these two models performed by [client], and it has improved our ability to accurately model CONWIP systems.” After a RFE was issued in this case, we accepted the case for representation and provided additional evidence to successfully demonstrate that this beneficiary is indeed qualified for classification as an outstanding professor or researcher, given the international recognition for his outstanding achievements. Consequently, including the time taken for us to respond to the RFE, his case was approved in 5 months and 29 days.

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North America Immigration Law Group (Chen Immigration Law Associates) is a U.S. immigration law firm dedicated to representing corporations, research institutions, and individuals from all 50 U.S. states regarding I-140 immigration petitions. We specialize in employment-based immigration petition and have a proven record of high success rate for the categories of: EB2-NIW (National Interest Waiver), EB1-A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability), EB1-B (Outstanding Researcher/Professor) and O-1 (Alien of Extraordinary Ability).

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Track Record of Success EB-1 and NIW Approvals

(2020.01 - 2024.12)

Category	Approval or Refund^®		Approval or Refiling^TM
Category	Approved Sum	Success Rate	Approved Sum	Success Rate
NIW	28,946	99.52%	3,030	98.31%
EB1A	4,322	91.76%	2,870	88.91%
EB1B	793	98.51%	236	90.77%
Total	34,061	98.44%	6,136	93.39%