Successful
EB1A I-140 Cases:
Case number: S-1512
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: BS & MS received in China,
Ph.D. received in the United States
Field of Research: Neurobiology & Genetics
Employment Position at the time of filing: Postdoctoral
Researcher at a U.S. university
Supporting documents:
Awards: Merck Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from The
Rockefeller University, Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid Award
from Sigma Xi, and “BD Biosciences Research Grant Award”
from BD Biosciences.
Published 29 journal and conference papers
Citations: approximately 200 times by other researchers
worldwide
Reviewer experience: Reviewed 28 papers for professional
journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 8 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date: November 30, 2012
Approval Date: December 13, 2012
Case number: S-1416
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: BS received in China, Ph.D.
received in the United States
Field of Research: Molecular Microbiology
Employment Position at the time of filing:
Neuroscientist at a U.S. university
Supporting documents:
Awards: Richard Heyler Young Investigator Research
Award, 2012 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant Award, and
Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research Nominee
Published 32 journal and conference papers
Citations: approximately 600 times by other researchers
worldwide
Media Reports: CNN-IBN, The Times of India, Deccan
Herald, NewsX, Medical Xpress, ScienceAlert, etc.
Reviewer experience: Reviewed 2 papers for professional
journals.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: November 15, 2012
Approval Date: November 26, 2012
Case number: S-1493
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: BS & ME received in China,
Ph.D. received in the United States
Field of Research: Wireless Network Security
Employment Position at the time of filing: Assistant
Professor at a U.S. university
Supporting documents:
Awards: Nominated for Best Paper Award by IEEE MMTC
Published 45 journal and conference papers
Citations: more than 200 times by other researchers
worldwide
Media Reports: Wiley, Encyclopedia of Cryptography and
Security (2nd Ed.), etc.
Reviewer experience: Reviewed more than 100 papers for
professional journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 7 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: November 6, 2012
Approval Date: November 21, 2012
Case number: S-1483
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: Ph.D. received in Hong Kong
Field of Research: Applied Mathematics
Employment Position at the time of filing: Tenure-Track
Assistant Professor at a U.S. university
Supporting documents:
Published 40 journal and conference papers
Citations: more than 1,000 times by other researchers
worldwide
Reviewer experience: Reviewed more than 70 papers for
professional journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 7 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: September 28, 2012
Approval Date: October 9, 2012
Case number: S-1487
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: BS & Ph.D. received in China
Field of Research: Immunology, Stem Cells, Biomaterials,
Transplantation and Transfusion Medicine
Employment Position at the time of filing: Research
Associate at a University in Canada
Supporting documents:
Awards: Zheng Ji Foundation National Young Investigator
Award” from the Chinese society of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Excellence Award” from the Chinese
Society for Immunology
Published 40 journal and conference papers
Citations: more than 150 times by other researchers
worldwide
Reviewer experience: Reviewed nearly 70 papers for
professional journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 4 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: September 25, 2012
Approval Date: November 7, 2012
Case number: S-1422
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: BS and Ph.D. received in
China
Field of Research: Cancer Research
Employment Position at the time of filing: Research
Fellow at a NCI-designated cancer center
Supporting documents:
Published 30 journal and conference papers
Citations: 250+ times by other researchers worldwide
Media Reports: NewsRx
Reviewer experience: Reviewed 10 papers for professional
journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 5 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date: September 20, 2012
Approval Date: November 14, 2012
Case number: S-1340
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Indian
Education and Credentials: BS received in India, Ph.D.
received in the United States
Field of Research: Stem Cell Bioengineering
Employment Position at the time of filing: Research
Associate at a U.S. university
Supporting documents:
Published 30 journal and conference papers
Citations: more than 120 times by other researchers
worldwide
Media Reports: U.S. News, ScienceDaily, R&D Magazine,
Eureka Alert, PhysOrg.com, etc.
Reviewer experience: Reviewed 15 papers for professional
journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 7 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: September 13, 2012
Approval Date: October 10, 2012
Case number: S-1431
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: BS received in China, MS &
Ph.D. received in the United States
Field of Research: Medical Physics in Cancer Radiation
Therapy
Employment Position at the time of filing: Assistant
Professor at a U.S. university
Supporting documents:
Awards: Resident Clinical/Basic Science Research Award
from the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO),
The First Place of Young Investigator Award from the
International Conference on the Use of Computers in
Radiation Therapy (ICCR), Silver Medal of The Most
Original Solution To The Theoretical Problem No.3 from
the International Physics Olympiads (IPhO)
Published 111 journal and conference papers
Citations: more than 400 times by other researchers
worldwide
Media Reports: CNET news, AAPM Virtual Press, EurekAlert,
The Epoch Times, Medical Daily, Science Daily, etc.
Reviewer experience: Reviewed more than 30 papers for
professional journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: September 6, 2012
Approval Date: October 23, 2012
Case number: S-1392
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: BS, MS & Ph.D. received in
China
Field of Research: Cancer Science, Molecular Biology and
Microarray Biotechnology
Employment Position at the time of filing: Postdoctoral
Associate at a U.S. university
Supporting documents:
Awards: Chinese Medical Science and Technology Award
(Third Prize) from the Chinese Medical Association,
Science and Technology Progress Award (First Prize) from
Shandong Provincial Government, etc.
Published 79 journal and conference papers
Citations: more than 230 times by other researchers
worldwide
Media Reports: People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency,
People’s Liberation Army Daily, Guangming Daily, and
China Central Television
Reviewer experience: Reviewed 44 papers for professional
journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: September 4, 2012
Approval Date: November 27, 2012
Case number:
S-1430
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: BS & MS received in China
Field of Research: Immunobiology
Employment Position at the time of filing: Postdoctoral
Researcher at a U.S. university
Supporting documents:
Published 20 journal and conference papers
Citations: 154 times by other researchers worldwide
Reviewer experience: Reviewed 13 papers for professional
journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: July 9, 2012
Approval Date: October 17, 2012
Case number: S-1423
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: M.D. received in China,
M.P.H. received in the United States
Field of Research: Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Employment Position at the time of filing: Research
Assistant at a U.S. university
Supporting documents:
Published 26 journal and conference papers
Citations: 235 times by other researchers worldwide
Media Reports: Diabetes.org, NewsRx, etc.
Reviewer experience: Reviewed more than 30 papers for
professional journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 7 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date: June 4, 2012
Approval Date: January 10, 2013
Case number: S-1019
Classification of the petition: EB1A I-140
Visa Chargeability: Chinese
Education and Credentials: BS received in China, Ph.D.
received in the United States
Field of Research: Bioactive and Compatible Polymers and
Drug Delivery Technologies
Employment Position at the time of filing: Research
Associate at a drug delivery and full service contract
manufacturing company
Supporting documents:
Published 33 journal and conference papers
Citations: 61 times by other researchers worldwide
Media Reports: ScienceDaily, RedOrbit.com, Nanowerk,
eMaxHealth.com, etc.
Reviewer experience: Reviewed 20 papers for professional
journals and conferences.
Etc.
Supporting Letters: 5 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date: May 7, 2012
Approval Date: October 2, 2012
(S-972) A Research Scientist working in a
hospital EB1A Approved: Applicant obtained Ph.D. in
China and at the time of filing, he was a research
scientist conducting Biomedical Research on
Pathophysiology of Lung Diseases in a hospital. He
submitted 3 national awards, 2 provincial awards and
other awards he received in China,2 book chapters in
Chinese, 31 published journal papers, 21 papers or
abstracts in conference proceedings, with 98 citations,
19 conference presentations. Other evidence includes
membership of American Thoracic Society and Chinese
Association of Pathophysiology, ect. The case was
approved in 1 week after filing to TSC.
(S-792) A Research Scientist working with a
university EB1A Approved: Applicant with Master’s Degree
in Medical Science and M.D. equivalent degree in
Medicine, is a research scientist at university
conducting research on Genetic study of autoimmune
diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). At the time of filing,
she has received the “the Arthritis National Research
Foundation Grant Award”, “Meyer Young Investigator
Award” and “The lupus 2007 Young Investigator award” and
other fellowship awards. She also submitted 3 book
chapters, 13 published papers in China and in the United
States, with 10 citations, and 13 conference
presentations. The case was approved in 1 week after
filing to TSC.
Research scientist in automation engineering received
approval of EB1A Alien of Extraordinary Ability
Applicant is a research scientist in the field of
automation engineering who received prestigious
nationally recognized awards and lesser nationally
recognized awards in China, including the following: Two
Science and Technology Progress Awards bestowed by the
Ministry of Aerospace Industry of China in different
years; Defense Science and Technology Award. For each
award, CIS required “to submit evidence to establish the
origination, purpose, significance and scope of each
award, as well as the criteria used to nominate and
judge the participants and award winners. Also, include
evidence that identifies previous winners of each award
for the past three to five years.” These awards were
conferred by the Chinese governmental agencies a few
years ago. How to prepare the requisite evidence to
prove these awards are crucial to our client’s case.
Based on our twelve years experience, providing
sufficient evidence to prove awards from foreign
countries has been one of the major concerns of CIS in
adjudicating EB1A applications.
Based on our experience, we help our client collect
substantial documents and verification letters including
Website publications of Chinese governmental regulations
regarding each awards, introductions of each
governmental agency that conferred the awards, existing
winners list for each awards, etc.. These documents are
in Chinese language. To translate these documents
requires thorough understanding of the Chinese legal and
administrative systems and the U.S. immigration laws and
regulations with respect to EB1A evidential
requirements. To add more difficulties to the case, some
Chinese governmental agencies changed their official
names from time to time. As a consequence, the original
name of the organizations that was printed on the award
certificates is no longer in existence, although the
organizations are still in operation. All confirmation
letters and introduction materials of the organization
bear a new name, which is different from the one on the
award certificate. We further established a highly
sophisticated name tracking system with detailed
name-change history for each organization to prove that
current organization B is in fact the organization A
that conferred the award. CIS approved this EB1A.
Attorney comments: Due to the visa backlog, many
international scholars, students and researchers are
filing EB1A. The majority of the EB1A applicants submit
awards received from other countries to satisfy the
award wining requirement in this category. It is
critical to work with experienced attorney in order to
establish the credibility of these awards.
Post-doc research scientist in the field of polymer
chemistry and polymer nanomaterials received approval of
EB1A Alien of Extraordinary Ability
The following is a successful case analysis of an
applicant who filed both EB1A and EB2NIW. Applicant is a
post-doc research scientist in a university to conduct
research in polymer chemistry and polymer nanomaterials.
Because of the high standards in CIS adjudication trends
on EB1A, we suggested that Client file two applications,
an EB2 National Interest Waiver and an EB1 Alien of
Extraordinary Ability. Both applications are approved.
Applicant won “Science and Technology Prize Award”
bestowed by the Ministry of Education of the People
Republic of China; “Achievement in Science and
Technology Award” by the Ministry of Education of China;
the “National Outstanding Dissertation Award” by the
Ministry of Education of China; and a few regional
awards.
Applicant was elected to be a Fellow of the American
Institute of Chemists (AIC), which requires outstanding
achievements, and was officially invited to be and acted
as a member of the nomination committee to nominate
outstanding scientists with great contributions in
chemistry for its “Chemical Pioneer Award and the Joseph
Hyman Ethics Award” by American Institute of Chemists
(AIC).”
Other evidence include three review papers discussed and
cited Applicant’s research papers; fifteen first-author
papers and some co-authored scientific papers published
in professional journals; more than one hundred citation
papers authored by other scientists worldwide that cited
Applicant’s papers, etc..
Attorney Comments: EB1A requires documentation of the
applicant's membership in associations in the field for
which classification is sought, which require
outstanding achievements of their members, as judged by
recognized national or international experts in their
disciplines or fields. This approved EB1A provides a good
example that a fellow of the American Institute of
Chemists and a nomination committee member to nominate
outstanding scientists with great contributions in
chemistry for its “Chemical Pioneer Award and the Joseph
Hyman Ethics Award” by American Institute of Chemists
(AIC) are considered by CIS to meet the membership requirement.
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