近期批准的NIW申请及专业背景

This report includes some of our firm’s NIW Eb-2 cases recently approved by the USCIS. Our last report was published in January and can be found at http://www.niwus.com/art080110.html.  We list the basic credentials of each case and hope our readers find the information helpful.  For confidentiality purpose, a letter is assigned in alphabetical order to replace the petitioner/beneficiary’s name in each case. It
is our firm’s policy to hold client’s information strictly confidential.  Information about recently approved Eb-1A and EB-1B cases will be provided in separate reports.

Compiled by Grace Wang.

Case #1:  Dr. A

Case Type:  EB-2 NIW
Field of Research: Nanotechnology
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 10 journal papers
   Cited approximately 16 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 6 including 1 independent expert

Filing Date:  July 26, 2008

Approval Date: January 18, 2008

Case #2:  Dr. B

Case Type:    Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Bioorganic Chemistry
Major Credentials: PhD from a foreign university
   Published 28 journal papers
   Cited approximately 150 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts

Filing Date:  April 24, 2007

Approval Date: January 17, 2008

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biomedical Science and Engineering
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 12 journal papers
   Cited approximately 120 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 6 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 25, 2007

Approval Date: February 22, 2008

Case #4:  Dr. D

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Nanotechnology
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 8 journal papers
   Cited approximately 30 times by other researchers
   
Supporting Letters: 6 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 17, 2007

Approval Date: January 15, 2008

Case #5:  Dr. E

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW*
Field of Research: Genetic Research
Major Credentials: ME and MS from a U.S. university
   Published 8 journal papers

Supporting Letters: 4 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  September 13, 2006
 
Approval Date: January 23, 2008

*Petitioner filed NIW by himself and retained Liu & Associates after receiving RFE.

Case #6:  Dr. F

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Organic Chemistry
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 12 journal papers
   Cited approximately 70 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 6 including 1 independent expert

Filing Date:  July 16, 2007

Approval Date: January 25, 2008

Case #7:  Dr. G

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Epidemiology
Major Credentials: PhD from an U.S. university
   Published 8 journal papers
   Cited approximately 30 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 7 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 17, 2007

Approval Date: January 3, 2008

Case #8:  Dr. H

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biomedical Research
Major Credentials: PhD/MD from foreign universities
   Published 41 journal papers
   Cited approximately 140 times by other researchers
   
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 27, 2007

Approval Date: January 23, 2008

Case #9:  Dr. I

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW*
Field of Research: Medicinal Chemistry
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 9 journal papers
   Cited approximately 50 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  May 30, 2007

Approval Date: January 8, 2008

*Petitioner filed NIW by himself and retained Liu & Associates after receiving RFE.

Case #10:  Dr. J

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Cancer Biology
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 14 journal papers
   Cited approximately 40 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 17, 2007

Approval Date: February 20, 2008

Case #11:  Dr. K

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Neurobiology
Major Credentials: PhD from a foreign university
   Published 7 journal papers

Supporting Letters: 6 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  June 26, 2007

Approval Date: February 12, 2008

Case #12:  Dr. L

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 3 journal papers
   
Supporting Letters: 5 including 1 independent expert

Filing Date:  July 16, 2007

Approval Date: January 2, 2008

Case #13:  Dr. M

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Toxicology
Major Credentials: PhD from a foreign university
   Published 16 journal papers
   
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 19, 2007

Approval Date: January 11, 2008

Case #14:  Dr. N

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Cardiovascular Science
Major Credentials: PhD from a foreign university
   Published 5 journal papers

Supporting Letters: 6 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  June 28, 2007

Approval Date: February 4, 2008

Case #15:  Dr. O

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Synthetic Chemistry
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 8 journal papers
   Cited approximately 60 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 6 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  November 2, 2007

Approval Date: February 11, 2008

Case #16:  Dr. P

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Major Credentials: PhD from a foreign university
   Published 40 journal papers
   Cited approximately 350 times
   
Supporting Letters:  7 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 25, 2007

Approval Date: January 25, 2008

Case #17:  Dr. Q

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Major Credentials: PhD from a foreign university
   Published 17 journal papers
   Cited approximately 90 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 20, 2007

Approval Date: February 25, 2008

Case #18:  Dr. R

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW*
Field of Research: Physics
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 10 journal papers
   Cited approximately 30 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 5 independent experts

Filing Date:  December 18, 2006

Approval Date: February 19, 2008

*Petitioner filed NIW by himself and retained Liu & Associates after receiving RFE.

Case #19:  Dr. S

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 11 journal papers
   Cited approximately 50 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 6

Filing Date:  July 26, 2007

Approval Date: February 11, 2008

Case #20:  Dr. T

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Organic Chemistry
Major Credentials: PhD from a foreign university
   Published 18 journal papers
   Cited approximately 190 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 16, 2008

Approval Date: February 12, 2008

Case #21:  Dr. U

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW RFE*
Field of Research: Biomedical Research
Major Credentials: PhD from a U.S. university
   Published 5 journal papers
   Cited approximately 40 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 26, 2007

Approval Date: February 8, 2008

*Petitioner filed NIW by himself and retained Liu & Associates after receiving RFE.

Case #22:  Dr. V

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Ophthalmic Science
Major Credentials: PhD from an U.S. university
   MD from a foreign university
   Published 4 journal papers
   Cited approximately 50 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts

Filing Date:  July 19, 2007

Approval Date: January 11, 2008

Case #23:  Dr. W

Case Type:  Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Cell Biology
Major Credentials: PhD from an U.S. university
   Published 6 journal papers
   Cited approximately 200 times by other researchers

Supporting Letters: 5 including 1 independent expert

Filing Date:  July 17, 2007

Approval Date: January 3, 2008

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刘宗坤律师（Z. Zac Liu, Esq.），法学博士（J.D., Valparaiso University School of Law）、哲学博士(Ph.D., Peking University)，伊利诺伊州最高法院及联邦法院执照，曾担任Valparaiso University Law Review的编辑和审稿人， 著有中英文书籍多种，散见于中美各大学图书馆。执业以来，他已代理无数名来自世界各地的科研人员和专业人士成功获得绿卡及各类非移民签证，尤其在国家利益豁免（NIW）、特殊人才（Eb-1A）、杰出教授和研究员（EB-1B）、PERM 劳工证、H-1B工作签证等方面积累了丰富的经验。读者若有移民法律问题，可将简历发往zliu@niwus.com。刘律师会在两个工作日内对您的问题做出免费答复或评估。

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