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Immigration Law Success Stories
February 17, 2011

Our immigration law firm has successfully handled hundreds of petitions for medical researchers across the United States in the Extraordinary Ability Alien, Outstanding Researcher, and National Interest Waiver categories.  Our most recent approval was received in 3 days via premium processing in the Outstanding Researcher Category for an individual conducting research to understand the molecular mechanisms of disease who was offered a permanent research position with a prominent University.  We submitted evidence to show the researcher had received international recognition as outstanding the following categories:  1.  original scientific contributions; 2.  authorship of scholarly articles in scholarly journals with international circulation; 3. discussion of work by others in the media and top-ranked international journals; and 4.  membership in associations that require outstanding achievement.  Following approval of the I-140 Petition, our client filed an I-485 application for adjustment of status.
Filed under: Outstanding Researchers & Professors


January 18, 2011

Our Philadelphia immigration lawyers represent researchers at prestigious Universities and Hospitals throughout the United States.  When filing EB-1B outstanding researcher petitions and EB-1A extraordinary ability alien petitions we generally utilize the premium processing service and wait for an approval prior to filing the I-485 Green Card Application.  This strategy ensures that time and money will not be wasted filing the I-485 Green Card Application in the event the I-140 Petition is not approved.   We successfully processed an EB-1B outstanding researcher petition for a researcher performing statistical analysis of disease outcome research for one of the most prominent children's hospitals in the United States.  Following approval of the I-140 Petition, we filed the I-485 green card application which was approved by USCIS in a very short time period.
Filed under: Outstanding Researchers & Professors


August 18, 2010

Our firm utilized the USCIS premium processing service to obtain approval of an EB-1B Outstanding Researcher Petition on behalf of a researcher at a prestigious hospital.  The petition was approved in 10 days without a Request for Evidence or Notice of Intent to Deny.  The Beneficiary's research field was conducting clinical effectiveness and health outcomes research and he had made groundbreaking findings related to Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Alzheimer's Disease, Stroke and Hypertension.  We demonstrated international recognition as outstanding through original scientific research contributions to the academic field, authorship of publications, and discussion by others.  We are now preparing the I-485 filings for our client and derivative family members.
Filed under: Outstanding Researchers & Professors


December 1, 2009

EB1B Outstanding Researcher Petition was approved for the permanent research position of Research Associate for individual conducting research on the botulinum toxin for the purpose of biodefense in the academic field of pharmacokinetics (what the body does to a drug) and pharmacodynamics (what a drug does to the body).  The I-485 Adjustment of Status Application simultaneously filed with the I-140 Petition was approved at the same time as the I-140 Petition.  Total processing time from the date of filing to receipt of the green card was 4 months at the USCIS Texas Service Center.  Our Philadelphia Immigration Lawyer filed the I-140 Petition on behalf of a prominent university in Massachusetts.  Supporting documentation submitted with the Outstanding Researcher Petition included evidence of original scientific research contributions of major significance to the field, presentations at international conferences, trademark and commercial production of a vaccine developed by the Beneficiary by a major pharmaceutical company, evidence of authorship of scholarly articles in the academic field, copies of media articles discussing the research accomplishments, a google scholar citation list, letters from individuals who discussed the Beneficiary's research, copies of publications discussing the research, evidence of activity judging the work of others as a peer-reviewer for a top-ranked international journal, and receipt of an international award for excellence.
Filed under: Outstanding Researchers & Professors


November 24, 2009

Chinese National with approved EB-1 Outstanding Researcher Petition filed for adjustment of status along with his wife and son.  The green card applications were approved within 2 months of the date of filing.
Filed under: Outstanding Researchers & Professors, Uncategorized


August 19, 2009

I-140 Outstanding Researcher Petition for Research Associate at University approved in 5 days via premium processing.  Research area involved understanding the molecular mechanisms of disease in the body.
Filed under: Outstanding Researchers & Professors
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April 8, 2009

EB-1 Outstanding Researcher Petition approved for researcher offered permanent research position by a Top 10 University in the academic field of Biochemistry in order to determine the underlying molecular mechanisms of lung biology to find treatments for respiratory diseases.
Filed under: Outstanding Researchers & Professors


February 6, 2009

EB-1 Outstanding Researcher Petition approved for scientist offered a permanent research position at a University conducting research in the academic field of oncology.  Evidence of international recognition in the academic field of oncology was established by demonstrating researcher met at least two criterion per 8 CFR 204.5(i)(3)(i).
Filed under: Outstanding Researchers & Professors


January 6, 2009

I-140 Petition approved for EB-1 Outstanding Researcher for research position in the academic field of immunology filed by private company which employs at least 3 persons full-time in research activities.
Filed under: Outstanding Researchers & Professors