Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Georgia in the Field of Policy Analysis
Client’s Testimonial:
Thank you for successfully working on my I-140. I really appreciate all your efforts!
On February 24th, 2015, We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Field of Policy Analysis
General Field: Policy Analysis
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Post-Doctoral Fellow
Country of Origin: Ethiopia
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Georgia
Approval Notice Date: February 24th, 2015
Processing Time: 6 months, 30 days
Case Summary:
This time we were given the opportunity to work with a policy analyst from Ethiopia specializing in foreign and economic policy and evaluation, focused especially on developing countries. We submitted extensive documentation proving the high significance of her contributions to her field, including her 11 peer-reviewed journal articles, reports and book chapters, 1 book as well as numerous conference papers and presentations – a body of work that had received 39 citations by the time we filed her case. The great majority of these citations are from independent researchers distributed worldwide, demonstrating the wide reliance upon and recognition of our client’s work in her field. An independent recommender affirmed the importance of her work: “[Client’s] research has served an irreplaceable purpose in helping to end a debilitating world conflict with the best possible resolution…As a global leader, the United States is often called to play a central role in mediating foreign conflicts and events…Having someone that can chart the paths other countries have taken and with the greatest amount of information is therefore an essential national concern.” We successfully demonstrated that our client’s continued employment in the field would benefit the people of the United States as a whole as well as her fellow researchers, and argued that she would serve the national interest to a significantly greater degree than others with similar education and experience. Her NIW petition was approved in 6 months and 30 days.