2009年七月批准的NIW案例及专业背景

This report includes thirty (30) NIW cases filed by Liu & Associates and approved by the USCIS in July 2009. We list the basic credentials of each case and hope our readers find the information helpful. For confidentiality purpose, a numeric number is assigned to replace the petitioner/beneficiary\'s name in each case. It is our firm’s policy to hold client’s information strictly confidential.

Compiled and briefed by Lisa Sun, Law Clerk at Liu & Associates, PLLC.

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Case #1: 

Case Type:   NIW
Field of Research: Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from foreign university
   10+ publications in journals and conferences
50 citations from other researchers     
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent expert
Filing Date:  June 6, 2008
Approval Date: July 1, 2009 

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Case #2: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. degree from a U.S. university
20+ publications in journals and conferences
210+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent expert
Filing Date:  July 8, 2009
Approval Date: July 29, 2009 

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Case #3: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Semiconductors  
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
30+ publications in journals and conferences proceedings
3 foreign patents
130+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  May 11, 2009
Approval Date: July 20, 2009 

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Case #4: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Materials science
Major Credentials: M.S. from a foreign university [Ph.D. candidate]
   10+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
   Reviewed papers for journals
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 19, 2008
Approval Date: July 29, 2009

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Case #5: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Computer Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
   20+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 29, 2009
Approval Date: July 28, 2009

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Case #6:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
140+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
   2,000+ citations from other researchers
   Reviewer of papers for journals
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 25, 2008
Approval Date: July 7, 2009

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Case #7:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   10+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
   50 citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 25, 2009
Approval Date: July 29, 2009

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Case #8: 
Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Organic Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   10 publications in journals and conference proceedings
   40+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  July 11, 2008
Approval Date: July 21, 2009 

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Case #9: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Material Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
 20 publications in journals and conference
30+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 24, 2009
Approval Date: July 27, 2009 

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Case #10:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Computer Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   9 publications in journals and conference proceedings
Supporting Letters:  5 letters including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:  July 8, 2009
Approval Date: July 29, 2009 

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Case #11: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Mechanical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   10+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including, 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  May 29, 2009
Approval Date: July 8, 2009 

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Case #12: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   10 publications in journals and conferences
50+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 5 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 23, 2008
Approval Date: July 8, 2009

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Case #13: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Chemical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
   15 publications in journals and conferences
   50+ citations by other researchers
1 patent approved
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including, 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  April 24, 2009
Approval Date: July 14, 2009 

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Case #14:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   20+ publications in top tiered journals and conferences
   590+ citations from other researchers
   Member of editorial board for major journal
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  May 28, 2009
Approval Date: July 8, 2009 

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Case #15: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Molecular Biology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   9 publications in journals and conferences
   270+ citations by other researchers
   Featured by Faculty of 1000 Biology 3 times
Supporting Letters: 5 letters
Filing Date:  June 4, 2008
Approval Date: July 1, 2009

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Case #16: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   7 publications in journals and conferences
   40+ citations from other researchers
   6 media reports
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 1, 2009
Approval Date: July 10, 2009

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Case #17:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   20+ publications in journals and conferences
   60 citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  May 6, 2009
Approval Date: July 2, 2009

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Case #18: 

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Biomedical Research
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
   30+ publications in journals and conferences
   110+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  May 28, 2009
Approval Date: July 6, 2009

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Case #19:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Chemical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
 6 publications in journals and conferences
30+ citations by other researchers
1 approved patent
Supporting Letters: 5 letters
Filing Date:  July 18, 2008
Approval Date: July 1, 2009

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Case #20:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. at a U.S. university
10 publications in journals and conferences
130+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 30, 2009
Approval Date: July 15, 2009

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Case #21:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
10 publications in journals and conferences
320+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  May 26, 2009
Approval Date: July 7, 2009

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Case #22:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Statistics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
   10+ publications in journals and conferences
   100+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  June 12, 2009
Approval Date: July 29, 2009

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Case #23:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering/Material Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. University
   20+ publications in journals and conferences
   50+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  July 1, 2009
Approval Date: July 16, 2009

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Case #24:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Materials Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
10+ publications in journals and conferences
50+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  February 12, 2009
Approval Date: July 22, 2009

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Case #25:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Molecular Biology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
7 publications in journals
240+ citations by other researchers  
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including 5 independent experts
Filing Date:  July 1, 2009
Approval Date: July 15, 2009

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Case #26:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
   9 publications in journals and conferences
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  April 28, 2009
Approval Date: July 13, 2009

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Case #27:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: computer engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
10+ publications in journals and conferences
70+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  July 10 2009
Approval Date: July 27, 2009 

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Case #28:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Bioinformatics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
   5 publications in journals and conferences
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:  May 15, 2009
Approval Date: July 13, 2009

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Case #29:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
8 publications in journals and conferences
Research discoveries been commercialized
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:  October 10, 2008
Approval Date: July 21, 2009

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Case #30:

Case Type:  NIW
Field of Research: organic/medicinal chemistry
Major Credentials:  Ph.D. from U.S. university
10+ publications in journals and conferences
20+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:  July 28, 2008
Approval Date: July 29, 2009

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刘宗坤律师（Z. Zac Liu, Esq.），法学博士（J.D., Valparaiso University Schoolof 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。

白凯玲律师 (Kellie Pai, Esq.)，法学博士(J.D.，University of Houston Law Center)、文学学士(B.A., University of Texas at Austin),德克萨斯州最高法院执照，刘宗坤联合律师事务所专业移民律师。

Christina T. Le 律师，法学博士 (J.D.，University of Houston Law Center)、理学学士(B.S., Northwestern University)，德克萨斯州最高法院执照，曾担任U.S. Department of Justice驻Houston移民法庭Attorney Advisor，以及Houston Business & Tax Law Journal编辑。

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