Success Story: EB-1B Approval in Just 47 Days for an Assistant Professor in the Field of Soil Science

Posted by wegreened on January 30, 2026 in EB1 Green Card

On November 18th, 2013, we received another EB1B Approval for an Assistant Professor in the field of Soil Science (Approval Notice)

General Field: Soil Science

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Assistant Professor

Petitioner: A university

National Origin: India

Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)

State Residing at the Time of Filing: South Dakota

Approval Notice Date: November 18, 2013

Processing Time: 1 month, 16 days

Case Summary:

At North America Immigration Law Group – WeGreened.com, we recently received an EB1B approval for an internationally-recognized Assistant Professor in the field of soil science. The beneficiary’s outstanding ability, highly skilled background, and impressive record of achievement provided a strong case for his EB1B petition. His specialized research had focused on studying agricultural management systems and their impacts on soils and environmental quality, and how to manage these agricultural practices for sustainable production in the United States. His research work had resulted in at least 17 peer-reviewed scholarly articles accepted or published in leading journals and 3 conference proceedings. Furthermore, the beneficiary had at least 48 citations to his work by researchers around the world before the petition was filed. In addition, he had been invited to review 22 articles submitted to prestigious journals. The petitioner in this case was a university. The wider implications and influence of his research is summarized in a quote by a recommender, “His research work […] is a major part of solutions to challenges impacting U.S. agricultural productivity and environmental health. His work focuses on innovative and holistic management practices for minimizing runoff and erosion, improving soils and crop productivity. Efforts in this area are certain to be even more crucial as the U.S. population continues to grow and the need for biofuels increases.” It was our goal to prove that this beneficiary qualified for classification as an outstanding professor or researcher given the international recognition for his outstanding achievements. His petition was approved in just 47 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%