An Analysis of NIW Cases Approved from April to June 2015
From April to June 2015, our firm received 64 NIW case approvals. USCIS approved 59 of these cases without Requests for Evidence (RFEs). In addition, from April to June 2015, our firm also received 58 EB-1 case approvals. From January to June 2015, our firm received 103 NIW approvals and 99 EB-1 approvals.
Out of the 64NIW cases approved in the past three months, most applicants had a Ph.D. degree when applying. However, 11 of these applicants, or approximately 17%, only had a Master’s degree when their cases were filed. Among samples of approved applicants, most conduct research in Medical Science, Biology and Engineering, while others focus on music, finance, and physics, etc. Those who work in fields related to Engineering, Medical Science and Biology are forced to compete with a large number of applicants from which the USCIS can only approve the strongest applications.
| Ph.D. |
51 |
80% |
Master |
11 |
17% |
Bachelor |
2 |
3% |
Those who work as a “Postdoctoral Research Associate”, “Research Scientist/Engineer”, “Assistant Professor’, or any other similar title mainly conduct research, produce papers, and attend conferences. Because of the nature of scientific work, such applicants find it easier to show that they have exerted national influence and sustained a past record of achievement through more objective evidence (i.e. citations, downloads, commercialization of work, etc.). Of course, this should not discourage you from applying if you feel you lack such evidence. On the contrary, each case varies and USCIS could deem your particular qualifications and skill set to be of intrinsic merit to the United States. USCIS does not adjudicate petitions solely on the basis of concrete numbers. With our highly experienced attorneys, we will help you highlight your strongest professional assets, while downplaying your weaker ones.
In addition to the above, we have also compiled other relevant data from our samples. The median number of journal papers published by these applicants was 9. The median number of citations they received was 71. The average processing time for these applications was 255days, or almost 9 months. The longest it took to approve an application was 1274 days, while the shortest was 34days.
Median number of Journal papers |
9 |
Median number of citations |
71 |
Average Processing days |
255 |
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For more information on the 64 NIW cases approved from April to June2015, please refer to the table below.
Client |
Degree |
Research field |
Journal papers |
Citations |
Job title |
RFE |
Processing days |
1 |
Ph.D. |
signal processing |
6 |
1 |
Assistant Professor |
Yes |
350 |
2 |
Ph.D. |
Neuroscience |
14 |
71 |
Researcher |
No |
279 |
3 |
Ph.D. |
molecular biology |
5 |
115 |
Postdoctoral Researcher |
No |
298 |
4 |
Ph.D. |
Civil engineering |
11 |
57 |
Civil Engineer |
No |
1274 |
5 |
Ph.D. |
Music |
N/A |
N/A |
violinist |
No |
217 |
6 |
Ph.D. |
nanomaterials |
13 |
658 |
Senior Staff Scientist |
No |
168 |
7 |
Bachelor |
Cancer |
3 |
2 |
Senior Research Specialist |
No |
224 |
8 |
Master |
geophysics |
3 |
68 |
Senior Geophysicist |
No |
241 |
9 |
Ph.D. |
physical chemistry |
11 |
70 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
No |
255 |
10 |
Master |
Structural Engineering |
5 |
3 |
Project Engineer |
No |
266 |
11 |
Ph.D. |
Bioscience |
15 |
216 |
Postdoctoral Associate |
No |
247 |
12 |
Ph.D. |
cryptosystem |
N/A |
64 |
Assistant Professor |
No |
167 |
13 |
Ph.D. |
Nature resources management |
12 |
38 |
Postdoctoral Scholar |
No |
247 |
14 |
Ph.D. |
physics |
6 |
104 |
Senior Engineer |
No |
311 |
15 |
Ph.D. |
geophysics |
8 |
33 |
Postdoctoral Researcher |
No |
147 |
16 |
Ph.D. |
transportation |
5 |
47 |
Sr. Transportation Engineer |
No |
211 |
17 |
Master |
biomedical informatics |
8 |
1112 |
Bioinformatics Engineer |
No |
220 |
18 |
Ph.D. |
Materials and Pavement Engineering |
29 |
130 |
Research Scientist |
No |
263 |
19 |
Master |
Petroleum Engineering |
9 |
N/A |
Petroleum Engineer |
No |
235 |
20 |
Ph.D. |
ocular immune responses |
16 |
N/A |
professor |
No |
321 |
21 |
Master |
drug discovery |
3 |
N/A |
Researcher |
No |
218 |
22 |
Ph.D. |
Chemical and Bio molecular Engineering |
9 |
39 |
Research Associate |
No |
216 |
23 |
Ph.D. |
petroleum engineering |
4 |
38 |
Reservoir Engineer |
No |
204 |
24 |
Ph.D. |
biomedical science |
3 |
41 |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
No |
195 |
25 |
Master |
Mechanical Engineering |
28 |
12 |
mechanical engineer |
No |
205 |
26 |
Ph.D. |
finance |
1 |
N/A |
Executive Director |
No |
280 |
27 |
Master |
Music |
0 |
0 |
Artist in Residence |
No |
204 |
28 |
Ph.D. |
Robotics and Control |
3 |
30 |
Systems Analyst |
No |
124 |
29 |
Bachelor |
Mechanical engineering |
N/A |
N/A |
Engineer |
No |
318 |
30 |
Ph.D. |
biochemistry |
14 |
149 |
Research Associate |
No |
150 |
31 |
Ph.D. |
mechanical engineering |
4 |
49 |
Associate Scientist |
No |
207 |
32 |
Ph.D. |
Cancer |
26 |
671 |
Instructor |
No |
269 |
33 |
Ph.D. |
Ecotoxicology |
7 |
36 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
No |
277 |
34 |
Ph.D. |
Physics |
8 |
39 |
Petrophysicist |
No |
312 |
35 |
Ph.D. |
Astrophysics |
12 |
220 |
Research Associate |
No |
207 |
36 |
Ph.D. |
materials science |
19 |
247 |
assistant professor |
No |
313 |
37 |
Ph.D. |
high pressure science and engineering |
6 |
24 |
Research Engineer |
No |
125 |
38 |
Ph.D. |
computational physics |
2 |
100 |
Senior Engineer |
No |
220 |
39 |
Ph.D. |
mechanical engineering |
2 |
19 |
Reliability Engineer |
Yes |
287 |
40 |
Master |
ethnomusicology |
2 |
N/A |
Researcher |
Yes |
345 |
41 |
Ph.D. |
bioinformatics |
5 |
218 |
Bioinformatician |
No |
115 |
42 |
Ph.D. |
nanotechnology |
14 |
46 |
professor |
No |
118 |
43 |
Ph.D. |
biomedical sciences |
13 |
175 |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
No |
171 |
44 |
Master |
petroleum engineering |
14 |
1000 |
Petroleum Engineer |
No |
224 |
45 |
Master |
Natural Language Processing |
3 |
256 |
research scientist |
No |
130 |
46 |
Ph.D. |
biostatistics |
16 |
224 |
Researcher |
No |
326 |
47 |
Ph.D. |
physics |
10 |
76 |
Postdoctoral Researcher |
No |
206 |
48 |
Ph.D. |
Nuclear engineering |
11 |
13 |
Assistant Professor |
No |
274 |
49 |
Ph.D. |
medical imaging |
15 |
104 |
R&D Engineer |
No |
118 |
50 |
Master |
mechanical engineering |
N/A |
N/A |
Chairman |
No |
223 |
51 |
Ph.D. |
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging |
14 |
70 |
Research Scholar |
No |
206 |
52 |
Ph.D. |
cardiology |
70 |
359 |
Research Scholar |
No |
314 |
53 |
Ph.D. |
stem cell biology |
11 |
1697 |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
No |
321 |
54 |
Ph.D. |
chemical engineering |
10 |
150 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
No |
314 |
55 |
Ph.D. |
urology |
56 |
150 |
Associate Professor |
Yes |
400 |
56 |
Ph.D. |
ophthalmology |
5 |
15 |
Associate Professor |
Yes |
398 |
57 |
Ph.D. |
cardiovascular diseases |
7 |
5 |
Physician Scientist |
No |
306 |
58 |
Ph.D. |
Material Science |
27 |
600 |
Assistant Professor |
No |
204 |
59 |
Ph.D. |
sociology |
4 |
162 |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
No |
336 |
60 |
Ph.D. |
pharmacology |
3 |
50 |
Research Scientist |
No |
467 |
61 |
Ph.D. |
Structural Biology |
13 |
51 |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
No |
125 |
62 |
Ph.D. |
molecular biology |
6 |
61 |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
No |
133 |
63 |
Ph.D. |
Power Systems |
7 |
53 |
Postdoc Fellow |
No |
235 |
64 |
Ph.D. |
Physics |
9 |
117 |
Engineer |
No |
34 |
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