Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Researcher in New York in the Field of Psychology
On July 24th, 2014 We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for a Researcher in the Field of Psychology
General Field: Psychology
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Researcher
Country of Origin: China
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: New York
Approval Notice Date: July 24th, 2014
Processing Time: 7 months, 8 days (RFE Received, Case Approved 14 days after Premium Processing Requested)
Case Summary:
The client that North America Immigration Law Group – WeGreened.com had the opportunity to work in this case was a Researcher from China. Her work had focused specifically on the human brain imaging and developmental cognitive neuroscience. As a researcher, she has used multimodal neuroimaging techniques to map the human brain functions and explore brain development in healthy and clinical populations. We successfully demonstrated that her continued employment in the field would benefit those in her field, as well as the citizens of the United States at large. In order for our client’s case to be successful, we submitted extensive documentation proving her highly significant contributions to her field, including 19 peer-reviewed journal, 1 English book chapter, as well as numerous conference presentations. Her publications had been cited at least 144 times at the time we filed the case; nearly all of the citations were by independent researchers around the world, demonstrating that these publications are widely recognized and relied upon in the field. The importance of her work was confirmed in the following quote from an independent recommender, “[Her] groundbreaking findings, which I discussed in my own research papers, lead to a previously unexplored alternative view that multiple sources of maternal influences.” Through extensive documentation, we were able to successfully argue that our client would serve the national interest to a significantly greater degree than others with similar education and experience. Her NIW petition was approved in 7 months and 8 days.