Success Stories: An Environmental Ecologist Got Employer-Petitioned EB-1B Approved in Just 7 Days with 35 Citations (Premium Processing Requested)

Posted by wegreened on January 30, 2026 in Earth and Environmental Science (Environmental Engineering, Nature Conservation and Biodiversity, Environmental Management, Ecology), EB1 Green Card

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“The Attorney has happily answered to all questions raised satisfactorily and cleared my doubts on my petition preparation and submission of the documents.”

On October 9^th, 2020, we received another EB-1B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers) approval for an Environmental Ecologist in the Field of Environmental Science (Approval Notice).

General Field: Environmental Science

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Environmental Ecologist

Country of Origin: India

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas

Approval Notice Date: October 9^th, 2020

Processing Time: 7 days (Premium Processing requested)

Case Summary:

An environmental ecologist from India approached North America Immigration Law Group to help him file an EB-1B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers) petition. Before leading him to the successful rank of EB1B petitioner, our professional team examined his credentials. We ensured that our client’s employer was willing to provide us with the required documents for filing the case. After a thorough analysis of his credibility and outstanding accomplishments in the intended discipline, our priority was to prove to the USCIS that how our client has a significant role here in the United States. Thus, we outlined the selective information in the petition packet:

Peer Review Experience: We detailed his record of authorship (25 peer-reviewed scientific articles), considering these journals being extremely selective with a rigorous peer-review process, making publication in them a rare accomplishment achieved by only the top-notch researchers in the field. Hence, this validates his work which is considered to be the best in the field. Also, he has conducted 50 reviews for highly acclaimed journals in his field.
Citation and Publication Count: We noted the citation metrics (35 citations), demonstrating the far-reaching impact of our client’s work in the field overall.
Research Brief: We reviewed his research on the analysis and evaluation of environmental and ecological pollution and remediation solutions, and we established that his research addresses some of our nation’s most pressing issues in understanding the interactions between ecology, human activities, and biodiversity.
Testimonials: To fortify his EB-1B petition further, we attested 5 recommendation letters in favor of the importance and significance of our client’s original research contributions.

We were successful in corroborating the provided evidence to the USCIS as our client secured his EB-1B petition approval. Also, thanks to PP (Premium Processing), the approval was granted just in 7 days. We thank our client for also choosing us to represent his I-485 application.

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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%