2011年7月到9月NIW批准案件分析

2011 年7月到9月，我们事务所有133个NIW案件获得批准，其中129个申请没有经过RFE就直接获得了批准。此外，在此期间，我们所还有65个EB-1申请顺利获得批准。

在过去3个月所批准的133个NIW案件中，大部分（占总人数近83%）申请者拥有博士学位。但是，其中16个申请者，或者说占总人数12%左右的申请者，只拥有硕士学位。更值得注意的是，我们有一位仅有学士学位的申请者，也未经RFE，仅用了114天就获得了批准。但是这位仅有学士学位的申请者不仅有30篇的期刊论文发表和257的独立引用数，而且还有多位相关领域知名学者的推荐信，其案件的说服力可见一般。因此，从事这样比较冷门的研究，只要达到NIW的基本要求，加上足够优秀，也是颇受移民局青睐的。而那些在电子工程，医学和生物领域工作的申请者被迫与大量的申请者竞争。其结果是，移民局只能批准其中最强的。

PhD	110	82.71%
Master	16	12.03%
Bachelor	1	0.75%
N/A	6	4.51%

那些拥有“博士后研究员”，“研究科学家”或其他类似职衔的人主要从事教学研究工作，撰写论文，以及参加会议。由于科学工作的性质，这一类申请者更容易通过客观证据显示他们已经拥有全国性的影响力，和易于通过更客观的证据（例如，引用，下载，成果商业化等等）保持过去成就的记录。当然，即使您觉得缺乏此类证据，也不要泄气。因为，每一个案件都是不同的，移民局能够认可您对美国有内在价值的独特资格和技能。就像以上所说明的，移民局不会仅根据具体数据来审核申请。我们事务所的经验丰富的律师将帮助您突出您最强的专业才能，同时淡化您较弱的部分。

另外，我们还从这些案例中总结了其它相关数据。在这些被批准的案例中，许多人从事工程、医学、和生物等领域的研究，也有一部分申请者从事物理、半导体等领域的研究工作。在这些申请者中，平均发表论文数量是10篇，平均引用次数是89次，引用次数的中间值是44次。申请的平均处理时间是229天或7个多月。批准案件最长的处理时间是406天，最短是37天。

平均期刊发表	10
平均独立引用	89
平均审理时间	229

我所上一季度获批的NIW申请的平均处理时间是198天或6个多月。批准案件最长的处理时间是365天，最短是25天。

对于出生在中国大陆的NIW　EB-2申请人来说，需要等待很长时间的排期才能递交身份调整申请。不过请注意，如果您的配偶出生在除中国大陆或印度以外的其他国家或地区（包括港澳台三地），您在递交NIW申请时，可借用配偶出生所在地的移民名额，同时递交I-485申请，无需再等待排期。

此外，如果您在NIW批准后出了更大更重要的成果，也可以考虑申请EB-1。EB-1类别目前有签证名额可用，无需等待排期。不过，EB-1的审理也有变难的趋势，尤其是美国移民局在2010年8月18日出台了一个备忘录之后。从本质上说，该备忘录将EB-1评估过程分为两部分：1）评估申请者是否符合移民申请类别的标准底线，以及2）决定申请者的证据是否证明申请者达到了移民类别所要求的高水平专业资格。在第2部分审核程序中，移民局将评估全部证据，从整体上看是否能够证明申请者在其领域内是最顶尖的。

通俗来说，对于第一步审核，移民局官员着重看申请人在单纯的“量”上是否符合要求，在第二步审核中，移民局官员着重看申请人在总体的“质”上是否符合要求，“量”符合要求了不一定意味着“质”符合要求。

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更多关于133个NIW批准案件信息，请参阅文后的表格。

Case	Degree	Research field	Journal papers	Citations	Job title	RFE	Processing dates
1	Master	gastroenterology and hematology	23	69	gastroenterology fellow; instructor		226
2	PhD	petroleum and natural gas engineering	12	0	petroleum engineer		113
3	PhD	inorganic chemistry	6	80	post-doctoral fellow		290
4	PhD	biochemistry	4	0	Life scientist		325
5	Master	biomedical research	3	0	research health scientist		249
6	PhD	drug discovery and development	13	95	postdoctoral associate		213
7	PhD	biochemistry	4	435	senior application and support engineer		252
8	PhD	organic chemistry	4	93	Associate scientific information analyst		215
9	Master	medicinal chemistry	4	18	scientist		141
10	PhD	free radical and radiation biology	18	380	post-doctor		97
11	PhD	electrical and computer engineering	3	123	strategist		268
12	PhD	research assistant professor	19	154	medical research		249
13	PhD	materials science	9	11	post-doctoral research fellow		110
14	PhD	biomedical science	8	35	biomedical research		208
15	PhD	geochemistry	3	10	specialist in stable isotopes		118
16	PhD	physics	23	71	physicist		289
17	PhD	electrical engineering	20	115	research assistant		225
18	Master	chemistry	3	11	research scientist		274
19	Master	medicine	6	128	physician		254
20	PhD	geophysics	3	17	geophysicist		43
21	PhD	physics	25	86	visiting scientist		290
22	PhD	plant biology	N/A	N/A	post-doctoral research assistant		231
23	PhD	electrical engineering	5	5	research associate specialist		304
24	PhD	microbiology	6	133	research teaching specialist		194
25	PhD	industrial engineering	3	54	managing engineer		283
26	PhD	environmental science	5	3	postdoctoral researcher		121
27	Master	chemical engineering	9	91	engineer/scientist	YES	164
28	PhD	plant breeding and plant genetic program	9	120	postdoc associate		287
29	PhD	economics	5	35	senior research fellow		111
30	PhD	biology engineering	19	705	research fellow		136
31	PhD	electrical engineering	12	74	professor		187
32	PhD	biochemistry and molecular biology	17	80	biomedical researcher		265
33	PhD	mechanical engineering	8	14	engineer		118
34	PhD	biology	15	32	postdoc associate		296
35	PhD	polymer science and engineering	6	12	chemist		318
36	PhD	electrical engineering	11	13	postdoctoral research associate		303
37	PhD	molecular genetics	6	41	postdoctoral fellow		296
38	Master	public health	2	14	environmental specialist		402
39	PhD	physics	5	70	postdoctoral scholar		187
40	PhD	experimental oncology	17	45	postdoctoral fellow		130
41	PhD	biology	14	83	research associate		190
42	PhD	materials science	N/A	N/A	advisory engineer/scientist	YES	341
43	PhD	agricultural science	9	15	postdoctoral research associate		225
44	PhD	mechanical engineering	5	10	postdoctoral research associate		185
45	PhD	applied economics and management	27	140	research scholar		315
46	PhD	electrical engineering	13	60	network specialist/senior consultant		266
47	PhD	mathematics	4	39	Golomb assistant professor		217
48	PhD	medicine	12	52	postdoctoral associate		298
49	PhD	cardiac electrophysiology	6	94	postdoctoral associate		168
50	PhD	physics	3	0	engineer		137
51	Master	biochemistry and molecular biology	14	87	graduate research assistant		306
52	PhD	statistics	5	4	research statistician		349
53	PhD	clinical chemistry	7	0	postdoctoral fellow		302
54	PhD	inorganic chemistry	14	148	postdoctoral research associate		336
55	Master	medicine	9	5	chief house staff physician		79
56	PhD	physics	3	50	physicist		224
57	PhD	theoretical chemistry	12	80	researcher scientist		253
58	PhD	electrical engineering	2	1	research scholar		350
59	PhD	chemistry	12	28	postdoctoral research associate		277
60	PhD	agricultural and applied economics	38	0	senior risk analyst		306
61	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		298
62	PhD	physics	13	29	postdoctoral research associate		245
63	Master	epidemiology	6	33	state cancer epidemiologist		325
64	PhD	chemical engineering	6	29	postdoctoral research associate		264
65	PhD	chemistry	15	126	research associate		226
66	PhD	computer engineering	56	59	research scholar		160
67	PhD	electrical engineering	7	5	graduate associate/research specialist		298
68	PhD	biology	3	12	postdoctoral scholar		220
69	PhD	petroleum engineering	4	11	researcher		287
70	PhD	medical genetics	22	65	postdoctoral fellow		160
71	PhD	plastic surgery	10	34	physician		278
72	PhD	civil engineering	9	5	project manager		206
73	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		143
74	PhD	molecular biology	8	62	postdoctoral scholar		278
75	PhD	education policy	24	45	assistant professor		88
76	PhD	neuroscience	5	157	postdoctoral research associate		406
77	PhD	entomology	14	4	postdoctoral research associate		67
78	PhD	neurology	31	0	professor and physician		277
79	PhD	organic and materials chemistry	11	21	postdoctoral researcher		276
80	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		114
81	PhD	molecular biology	19	91	research associate		183
82	PhD	biomedical engineering	10	23	postdoctoral research fellow		317
83	PhD	electrical engineering	33	2037	assistant professor		279
84	PhD	industrial and systems engineering	4	0	researcher		37
85	PhD	biochemistry	8	164	associate research scientist		61
86	PhD	food science	3	31	postdoctoral scholar	YES	277
87	PhD	mechanical engineering	10	137	senior research associate		93
88	PhD	petroleum engineering	9	1	petroleum engineer		273
89	PhD	biochemical engineering	11	198	associate research scientist		156
90	PhD	Korea language and linguistics	5	18	lecturer and Korea language program supervisor		183
91	PhD	bioengineering	11	198	research associate scientist		169
92	PhD	physiology and biophysics	11	16	postdoctoral scholar		323
93	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		197
94	PhD	internal medicine	30	422	postdoc associate		238
95	PhD	internal medicine	9	57	postdoctoral research associate		258
96	PhD	biophysics	4	6	postdoctoral research associate		320
97	PhD	physics	10	8	postdoctoral research associate		300
98	PhD	chemistry	7	28	bioinorganic research chemist		237
99	PhD	plant pathology and microbiology	6	60	postdoctoral researcher		55
100	PhD	geology and geophysics	21	4	interpreter geophysicist specialist	YES	323
101	Master	electrical engineering	3	29	global auction manager		139
102	PhD	nanoscale physics	17	189	research scientist		60
103	PhD	biomedical engineering	6	80	postdoc research associate		343
104	Master	medical science	6	0	physician		326
105	Master	biomedical engineering	1	0	formulation scientist		335
106	PhD	molecular microbiology	7	36	introductor-research scientist		313
107	PhD	plant molecular biology	4	0	post doctoral fellow		276
108	PhD	mathematics, computer science	12	47	post doctoral researcher		49
109	PhD	teratology	12	28	medical practitioner		176
110	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		233
111	PhD	forest economy	11	7	postdoctoral research fellow		115
112	PhD	biology	7	170	research associate		321
113	PhD	bioorganic chemistry	11	86	senior chemist		297
114	PhD	biomedical science	11	205	postdoctoral scientist		365
115	PhD	chemical engineering	2	39	researcher		291
116	PhD	biology education	20	82	post doctoral associate		283
117	PhD	applied physics	5	18	post doctoral research associate		324
118	Master	genetics	10	101	senior research associate		239
119	PhD	electrical and computer engineering	2	24	post doctoral research associate		153
120	PhD	microbiology	5	213	assistant project scientist		64
121	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		130
122	PhD	mechanical engineering	2	23	engineer		286
123	PhD	immunology	7	151	postdoctoral fellow		309
124	PhD	electrical engineering	5	111	assistant researcher		102
125	PhD	chemical engineering	2	31	postdoc researcher		363
126	PhD	soil science	18	432	postdoctoral researcher		271
127	Master	electrical engineering	2	0	sourcing manager		118
128	Master	nutrition	4	40	research scientist		118
129	PhD	material science and engineering	6	69	engineer		288
130	PhD	chemical engineering	2	45	project engineer		301
131	PhD	statistics	11	0	senior statistician		284
132	PhD	biochemistry and molecular biology	6	83	postdoctoral researcher		310
133	Bachelor	virology	30	257	researcher analyst		114

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