An Analysis of EB-1 Cases Approved from April to June 2014 -- Immigration Lawyers in Silicon Valley, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Seattle and Austin

An Analysis of EB-1 Cases Approved from April to June 2014

From April to June 2014, our firm received 78 EB-1 case approvals: 57 EB-1(a), 17 EB-1(b) and 4 Eb-1(C). USCIS approved 60 of these cases without a request for evidence. In addition, from April to June 2014, our firm also received 71 NIW case approvals. For January to June 2014, our firm received 126 EB-1 approvals and 92 NIW approvals.

Out of the 78 EB-1 cases approved in the past three months, most applicants had a Ph. D. and conducted scientific research. Among samples of approved applicants, most conduct research in medical science, biology, and engineering, while others focus on music, marketing, higher education history, etc.

Ph.D.	67
Master	3
Bachelor and Others	8

Three of the most popular job titles for applicants who received approval were that of a “postdoctoral research associate”, “research scientist” and “assistant professor”. Those specializing in these occupations mainly conduct research, produce papers, and attend conferences. Because of the nature of scientific work, it is much easier to meet EB-1 requirements. Of course, as mentioned earlier, this should not discourage you from applying if you happen to fulfill different, but equally comparable criteria. Each case varies and it is difficult to determine whether or not you qualify unless you come in for an evaluation.

In addition to the above, our firm has also compiled data on other criteria. The median number of journal papers published among these applicants was 12. The median number of citations was 144. The median number of reviews conducted was 19. The average processing time for these applicants was 110 days or over three months. The longest amount of time it took to approve an application was 361 days, while the shortest was 9 days.

Median number of journal papers	12
Median number of independent citations	144
Median number of reviews	19
average processing days	110

Finally, premium process was adopted in filing 47 out of the 78 EB-1 cases. In our personal experience, we have found that premium processing can expedite adjudication of your application. However, if you are not a highly qualified applicant, you could receive a RFE notice as a result. Furthermore, in our practice, we have heard that a USCIS officer only has 15 minutes to read through an application. Given the stringent time constraints, officers sometimes automatically issue a RFE to fulfill the 15 day processing guarantee while not having to approve or deny a petition. Please note, an applicant can adopt premium process when initially filing one petition or do so after the petition has been filed. In either case, USCIS will issue and serve on the petitioner or applicant an approval notice, a denial notice, a notice of intent to deny, a request for evidence or open an investigation for fraud or misrepresentation within the 15 calendar day period.

Before you start the application process, it is imperative that you consult with a highly trained legal professional.

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For more information on the 78 EB-1 cases approved from April to June 2014, please refer to the table below.

Client	Case Type	Degree	research field	Journal papers	Cit-ations	reviews	job title	RFE	Premium Pro- cessing	Pro-cessing days
1	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Physics	11	49	36	Senior Physicist	No	Yes	54
2	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Architecture Engineering	9	16	4	Researcher	Yes	No	63
3	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Food Safety	21	131	42	Postdoctoral Research Associate	No	No	187
4	EB-1A	Ph.D.	stage musical production	N/A	N/A	N/A	musician	No	Yes	17
5	EB-1A	Ph.D.	computer vision	6	127	114	associative professor	No	Yes	47
6	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Biochemistry	10	258	12	Assistant Professor	Yes	Yes	99
7	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Chemistry	8	200	10	Senior scientist	Yes	Yes	32
8	EB-1A	Ph.D.	computer science	13	96	26	Researcher	No	Yes	89
9	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Entomology	13	107	26	Postdoctoral Associate	No	Yes	140
10	EB-1A	Master	speech pathology	N/A	N/A	3	internal evaluator	Yes	Yes	113
11	EB-1A	Ph.D.	biochemistry	8	283	10	Postdoctoral research fellow	No	No	231
12	EB-1B	Ph.D.	chemical engineering	6	123	24	Research Engineer	No	Yes	147
13	EB-1A	Ph.D.	art and museum	14	11	6	Curator	No	No	79
14	EB-1A	Master	Mechanical engineering	9	71	33	Research assistant	Yes	Yes	135
15	EB-1A	Master	violin art	N/A	N/A	N/A	director	No	Yes	13
16	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Optical imaging	12	96	27	Product engineer	No	No	158
17	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Materials chemistry	17	66	9	Postdoctoral researcher	Yes	Yes	111
18	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Cancer Research	13	265	21	Research Associate	No	Yes	152
19	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Materials Science	24	1,018	15	Assistant Professor	Yes	Yes	102
20	EB-1A	Ph.D.	biochemical modeling	8	18	18	Postdoctoral researcher	No	Yes	20
21	EB-1B	Ph.D.	nanote-chnology	17	179	38	Assistant Professor	No	Yes	9
22	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Applied Physics	16	123	33	Application Scientist	Yes	Yes	44
23	EB-1B	Ph.D.	neuroscience	10	101	99	Research Scientist	No	Yes	44
24	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Computer Science	8	25	23	Performance Software Engineer	Yes	No	295
25	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Computer science	14	199	15	Senior software engineer	Yes	Yes	162
26	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Materials Chemistry	40	285	9	Professor	No	No	160
27	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Compu- tational chemistry	38	472	27	Instructor	No	No	19
28	EB-1A	Ph.D.	neuroscience	11	154	21	Research Scientist	No	Yes	44
29	EB-1C	Bachelor	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	VP of Sales	No	No	103
30	EB-1A	Ph.D.	biological sciences	16	259	36	Researcher	No	Yes	17
31	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Marketing	11	116	26	Assistant Professor	Yes	No	209
32	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Mechanical engineering	7	33	40	Mechanical engineer	No	No	236
33	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Cell Biology	24	144	3	Postdoctoral Fellow	No	No	117
34	EB-1A	Ph.D.	wireless com- munications	3	235	11	Engineer	No	Yes	225
35	EB-1A	Ph.D.	prostate cancer	11	65	13	Research Associate	Yes	No	345
36	EB-1A	Ph.D.	microbiology	9	222	12	Research Associate	No	Yes	47
37	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Chemical Engineering	17	171	2	Postdoctoral Fellow	No	No	13
38	EB-1C	Bachelor	Engineering	N/A	N/A	N/A	VP of engineering	No	No	100
39	EB-1A	Ph.D.	computer science	27	331	71	Research Fellow	No	No	164
40	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Chemical engineering	22	144	32	Assistant Research Scientist	Yes	Yes	71
41	EB-1A	Ph.D.	compu- tational geometry	7	179	19	Postdoctoral fellow	No	Yes	13
42	EB-1A	Ph.D.	medical image	9	N/A	40	Postdoctoral Research Scientist	Yes	No	334
43	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Electrical Engineering	14	159	63	Assistant Professor	No	Yes	13
44	EB-1A	Ph.D.	materials science	29	219	9	Principal Scientist	No	No	311
45	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Computer	15	50	15	Software Engineer	No	No	237
46	EB-1A	N/A	higher education history	3	N/A	2	Professor	No	No	90
47	EB-1A	Ph.D.	quantum information	44	2538	12	Associate Professor	No	Yes	19
48	EB-1B	Ph.D.	electrical engineering	27	140	32	Research Scientist	Yes	Yes	287
49	EB-1A	Ph.D.	pharm- aceutical	27	302	19	Postdoctoral Researcher	No	No	250
50	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Physics	28	202	19	Assistant Researcher	No	Yes	26
51	EB-1C	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	CEO	Yes	No	361
52	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Biochemistry	11	405	10	Researcher	No	Yes	9
53	EB-1B	Ph.D.	chemical engineering	12	203	12	Senior Chemical Engineer	No	Yes	14
54	EB-1B	Ph.D.	geochemistry	8	N/A	69	Research Chemist	No	Yes	33
55	EB-1A	Ph.D.	polymer reaction engineering	9	91	11	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	No	Yes	42
56	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Biomedical Engineering	19	114	23	Assistant in Research	No	Yes	32
57	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Physics	7	76	12	Researcher	No	No	47
58	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Cancer	7	106	20	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	No	Yes	15
59	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Cancer and Cell Biology	15	184	15	Research Associate	Yes	Yes	243
60	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Genetics & Physiology	20	225	12	Senior Research Fellow	No	Yes	42
61	EB-1A	Ph.D.	breast cancer	7	144	1	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	No	No	133
62	EB-1A	Ph.D.	solar energy	20	282	37	Postdoctoral Researcher	No	Yes	13
63	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Endocrinology	12	135	7	Postdoctoral Fellow	No	No	245
64	EB-1A	Ph.D.	Chemistry	200	1000	40	Professor	No	Yes	10
65	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Organic Chemistry	13	73	6	Research associate	No	Yes	18
66	EB-1A	Ph.D.	metabolic disease	21	404	26	Postdoctoral Fellow	No	Yes	10
67	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Computer systems	10	1100	18	Senior research scientist	No	Yes	17
68	EB-1A	Ph.D.	physical ocean- ography	12	168	8	Postdoctoral Associate	Yes	Yes	119
69	EB-1B	Ph.D.	Physics	7	38	35	Senior engineer	No	No	128
70	EB-1C	Bachelor	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Vice General Manager	No	No	226
71	EB-1A	Ph.D.	hydrogeology	18	107	49	Postdoctoral Fellow	No	Yes	16
72	EB-1A	Ph.D.	synchrotron x-ray science	28	181	61	Postdoctoral Researcher	No	Yes	16
73	EB-1A	Ph.D.	optical engineering	28	179	47	Assistant Scientist	No	No	168
74	EB-1A	Ph.D.	forest products	31	287	17	Research Associate	No	No	222
75	EB-1A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Actor	No	Yes	90
76	EB-1A	N/A	packaging and equipment	3	N/A	N/A	General Manager	No	No	142
77	EB-1A	Ph.D.	food microbiology	10	93	31	Researcher	No	Yes	37
78	EB-1A	N/A	Event Direction and Planning	N/A	N/A	N/A	Executive Director	No	No	145

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(07/24/2014)