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New NIW Successful Stories (7) Dr. Jack Dr. Jack came from Jordan. She obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering in the summer of 2005. Her primary research focused on examining the effect of biopolymer properties on bacterial adhesion. Dr. Jack retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for her NIW petition. Our legal team carefully organized her petition materials. In her petition preparation, our attorneys noticed that she had more than 10 articles and 4 of them were findings from her Ph.D. researcher and published in top journals of her field. We also emphasized to the immigration officer that her research field was important to many fields of research including environmental soil bioremediation, controlling drinking water quality, and biomedical applications such as adhesion to contact lenses and other implanted or prosthetic devices. In order to highlight her significant impact on her field, we documented to the officer that her final thesis received one of the highest awards in her field for excellent Ph.D. dissertation. Also, her work had been cited in 27 articles by scientists from Belgium, US, Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, Japan, Greece, Israel, Tunisia, and Norway. Finally, we submitted 10 strong recommendation letters on her behalf to testify that Dr. Jack was one of the elite researchers in her field. Due to our diligent legal service, Dr. Jack’s petition was filed on July 21, 2005 and was approved on October 5, 2005. Dr. Lu Dr. Lu obtained his Ph.D. Materials Science from a top American research university. His research areas include geochemistry and colloidal science. Dr. Yu has quickly risen to the top as a leader in his field. Dr. Lu retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for his NIW petition. Our elite legal team noticed his current research projects included Ddepartment of Energy funded project: involving major broad applications ranging from the safe disposal of nuclear and toxic wastes in underground repositories, the development of new catalysts for electricity and hydrogen production from solar cells to the preparation of new ceramics with superior chemical and physical properties. We emphasized to the immigration officer that the potential application of Dr. Lu’s research was enormous because it would widely benefit the national interest. To demonstrate that his research had significant impact on his field, we submitted to the immigration officer Dr. Lu’s 8 published journal articles in most prestigious peer-reviewed journals including: Surface Science and Journal of Physical Chemistry. We also stressed that he presented his work at the most prominent international conferences and his work had been cited in at least 21 different articles by scientists in his field. Finally, we submitted We submitted Dr. Lu’s petition on August 25, 2005. After reviewing our convincing arguments and thorough documentation, the immigration officer approved his petition on October 6, 2005 Dr. Liu Dr. Liu obtained his Ph.D. in Nutrition from a research university in U.S. He is currently conducting his advanced biomedical research, with an emphasis on the area of digestive diseases research and inflammation management.. Dr. Liu retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for his NIW petition. In preparation for his petition, our experienced attorneys carefully reviewed his significant skills and knowledge regarding the treatment of Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), understanding molecular mechanisms of immune systems, and gene manipulated mice models construction, etc. To emphasize the significance and impact of his work, we stressed that Dr. Liu had been reported a number of times in scientific journals and major conferences. Despite the fact he had only 2 first-author articles published, we demonstrated to the immigration officer that one of his articles was recognized as a Poster of Distinction, which placed it among the top 10 percent of articles presented. Furthermore, we submitted 10 strong recommendation letters, written by leading scientists in his field throughout the prominent research institutions in U.S. Our comprehensive strategy in Dr. Liu’s NIW petition case turned out to be successful. Dr. Liu’s petition was submitted July 21, 2005 and was approved on September 30, 2005. Dr. Cao Dr. Cao obtained her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from a top research University in Hong Kong. Prior to moving to U.S., she already conducted several years of research in the areas of biocatalysts, organic and bioorganic chemistry for internationally recognized institutions. In U.S., she continued her advance research at a prominent research institution. Dr. Cao retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for her NIW petition. In preparation for her petition, our experienced attorneys carefully reviewed her remarkable academic record. First, we attempted to establish that Dr. Cao had made notable breakthroughs in understanding how lipases catalyze acetylenic substrates at the molecular level and her convincing multi-reaction model for exploring molecular roles would serve as an important lab reference. We also demonstrated to the immigration officer that she had published 15 papers in top journals. Also to prove that her work had significant impact on her field, we submitted 8 glowing recommendation letters, written by leading experts in her field, testifying that Dr. Cao was an extraordinary scientist in her field. Among the letters, 4 were from scientists, who have not worked with and do not know Dr. Cao personally but rather through her publications and presentations at scientific conferences. By submitting strong independent advisory opinions, we showed to the immigration officer that how significant Dr. Cao’s research was in her field. Our comprehensive strategy in Dr. Cao’s NIW petition case turned out to be successful. Dr. Cao’s petition was approved on around November 2005. Dr. Qin Dr. Qin was a leading researcher in gene research. She had the unparalleled academic record and enjoyed an international reputation in the academic community. Confident about her own academic achievements, Dr. Qin filed her petition for NIW without consultation with an immigration attorney in December, 2003. More than a year later, Dr. Qin received a denial decision from the Vermont Service Center without receiving any Request for Evidence (RFE) issued for the original petition. It came as a total shock to Dr. Qin. Through one of her colleagues, a former client of Zhang & Associates, P.C., she came to our firm for professional assistance. To successfully appeal the denial decision to Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) at USCIS, it normally entails an experienced immigration attorney who knows the relevant immigration law and had successful appeal practices before. Dr. Lin was fortunate enough to find such a law firm, a leader in NIW legal service. At Zhang & Associates, P.C., our elite legal team carefully examined the original petition package and the service center’s reasons for denial. We noticed that the Service Center admitted that Dr. Qin’s petition had met the two of the three prongs of the NIW petition, substantial intrinsic merit and national in scope. However, the Service Center determined that Dr. Qin failed the third prong: U.S. national interest would be adversely affected if a labor certification process were required. Our legal team designed a comprehensive appeal strategy. First, we demonstrated to the AAO that Dr. Qin’s research in nuclear BTEN would enhance tumor suppressor gene and induces programmed cell death. We cited numerous leading scholars, who described her work as “breakthrough of major significance”, or “resolving a bottleneck that had been blocking progress in this field,” or “an important breakthrough in understanding the molecular basis of tumor progression.” Also, to show how much impact her research had on her field, we argued that it was testament to her impact that her paper had been cited 12 times by other scientists in a short period of time. We further pointed out the mistake the Service Center had made in their denial decision stating that Dr Qin’s submitted recommendation letters that "appear to be from individuals who know the beneficiary personally...." We used the exhibits to show that testimonial letters that praised Dr. Qin’s achievements were not merely from people who knew her personally or who had worked with her but also from people who have not worked with and do not know Dr. Qin personally but rather through her publications and presentations at scientific conferences. We also submitted 3 more such letters from independent observers. Our impressive presentation and documentation finally convinced the AAO officer. We submitted the appeal brief in April, 2005 and Dr. Lin received her approval by the end of the year. Ms. Qin Ms. Qin obtained her Master’s Degree in Medicinal Chemistry from a prestigious research university in China. Prior to her working in U.S., she already established herself as a leading researcher in many areas such as chelator agents and antimicrobial compounds and she also had made innovative use of nucleosides as agents against viral infection, particularly HIV/ADIS. Ms. Qin retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for her NIW petition. Our elite legal team emphasized to the immigration officer how significant her research field could impact the gene research community. We stressed to the immigration officer that she discovered a particular gene herself, which in itself was a major contribution to the field of biological and medical science. Considering her numerous publications and outstanding contribution to her field, our experienced attorneys decided to submit only 5 strong recommendation letters to testify that Dr. Qin was among the elite researchers in her specialized field. With our convincing arguments and well-organized documentation, Ms. Qin’s petition was submitted on July 12, 2005 and approved on later in the same year. Dr. Rose Dr. Rose obtained his Ph.D. in Optics from a prestigious research university at his home country. Around 2000, he came to US continue his advanced research at a top research institution. Dr. Rose retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for his NIW petition. Our attorneys noticed that Dr. Jose’s research in optical science was cutting-edge, specifically concerning the topics of Liquid Crystal Spatial Light Modulator (LCSLM), surface profiling/testing of the aspherical lenses, micro-lens design and fabrication, as well as the development of nanophotonic devices. In Dr. Rose’s petition, our attorneys claimed that Rose's research resulted in a number of scientific breakthroughs and led to a series of publications in prestigious technical journals. His over 25 publications on top journals were a strong testament to his academic achievements and his significant impact on his field. We also submitted 8 strong recommendation letters, written by leading scientists all across the U.S. We submitted Dr. Rose’s NIW petition on February 9, 2004, and his petition was approved on November 9, 2004. Dr. Yang Dr. Yang obtained her Ph.D. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from a prestigious research university in U.S. She is currently working for a prestigious university as an assistant professor. Her research efforts concerns anticancer drug design and development. Dr. Yang retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for her NIW petition. Our attorneys noticed that Dr. Yang was an outstanding researcher in her field. She has extensive experience in her field prior to her Ph.D. study in US. We emphasized to the immigration officer that her current research resulted in the publication of 3 papers and a patent. To demonstrate her impact on her field, we specifically noted that one of the journals was internationally circulated with more than 100,000 readers worldwide. We also highlighted her review paper which attracted the attention of many pharmaceutical companies. Finally, our legal team decided not to shy from her great achievements and we submitted 10 strong recommendation letters, 4 of which were independent advisory opinions. With our complete documentation of Dr. Yang’s superb academic achievements and our successful presentation strategy, her NIW petition was processed so smoothly that she received her approval less than 2 months, from September 1, 2005, the filing date through October 25, 2005 the approval date. Dr. Yao Dr. Yao obtained his Ph.D. in Fluid Machinery & Power Engineering from a research university in China. Prior to his coming to U.S., he had already established his leading position in his fields of thermal-fluid science and automotive engineering, especially in the areas of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) and Modeling. Dr. Yao is currently an assistant scientist at a prestigious research institution. Dr. Yao retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for his NIW petition. Our elite legal team evaluated his academic strengths and found a lot of testaments to the influence of his work and his stature as a leader in the field, including that his work has cleaned several critical technical barriers and helped pave the way for the development of new generation of certain type of automotive engines with substantially higher thermal efficiency and less exhaust gas emission. Our attorneys also submitted 8 recommendation letters. Some of the letters were from scientists who have not worked with Dr. Yao and do not know Dr. Yao personally but rather through his publications and presentations at scientific conferences; and other letters were from national laboratories, Department of Energy and a top U.S. energy laboratory. Also to illustrate how important his work is related to our national interest, we also listed all the articles citing Dr. Yao’s research. We submitted Dr. Yao’s petition on September 20, 2005; less than 2 months later, his petition was approved on November 13, 2005. Dr. Qi Dr. Qi obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from a top institution in U.S. Now, she is working as a postdoctoral researcher at a prestigious university in US. Dr. Qi retained Zhang & Associated, P.C. for her NIW petition. Our elite legal team assisted her in every step in the petition process. Our elite legal team argued in her petition that Dr. Jiao's outstanding research abilities predate her arrival in the United States and her important work in China and Singapore led to the publication of several research papers in peer-reviewed journals. We also emphasized that her previous findings were not only considered as very significant due to the environmental reality in China, but also recognized internationally by American scientist through her publications. Furthermore, we emphasized her recent research fruit regarding a method for immobilizing reagents within microfluidic channels. We submitted 8 strong and glowing recommendation letters, submitted on her behalf by leading scholars from China and U.S. We also highlighted the fact most of her various published articles were first-authored. To further demonstrate her significant impact on her field, we listed summaries of papers citing her work. Due to our diligent service, Dr. Qi’s petition was submitted on November 24, 2004 and approved by the end of the year. Dr. Giovanni Dr. Giovanni came from a small Austrian village. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from a prestigious European research university. His primary research specifically concerns deepwater stress analysis-- a topic of utmost important to our nation's oil and gas production industry. Dr. Giovanni retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for his NIW petition. Our legal team carefully organized his petition materials. In his petition preparation, our attorneys noticed that he only a few published papers and 4 letters of support. To overcome his weakness, we highlighted an independent advisory opinion from scientist who has not worked with Dr. Muehlner, testifying that he was among the elite researchers in his specialized field. We also emphasized that his research is of such groundbreaking importance that it played a significant role in the recent landing of the spacecraft that successfully landed on Saturn's moon Titan in January 2005. Due to our diligence, Dr. Giovanni’s petition was approved in October, 2005. Dr. Tian After graduation from a prominent Chinese medical school, Dr. Tian became a physician and an associate professor of Medicine. Her early work in neuroscience research, especially as it related to neurodegeneration and dementia, won her several awards for excellent papers. 6 years ago, Dr. Tian came to U.S. to conduct her postdoctoral research on O-1 visa. Dr. Tian retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for her NIW petition. In preparation for her petition, our legal team noticed the technical difficulty in obtaining approval in that Dr. Tian had relatively less number of publications in English than our average NIW clients and also she had a hard time to find many letters of recommendation. To overcome her weakness in the NIW petition, our attorneys argued in the petition that Dr. Tian had multi-disciplinary knowledge and expertise in her fields and her research focused on the structure-function relationships and pharmacology of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor, which would greatly advance our nation's efforts to develop new treatments for diseases and illnesses that afflict our citizens, such as the mechanism of neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases, like Alzheimer's and Atherosclerosis. We emphasized the significance of her research and discovery, which can lead to more applications for disease treatment. We also submitted 5 strong recommendation letters, which clearly testified that Dr. Tian was among the elite group of researchers in her field and she had significant impact on her field. Our unique strategy in her case turned out to be successful. Dr. Tian’s petition was submitted June 8, 2005, and approved by the end of the year. Dr. Hong Dr. Hong is a multi-degreed researcher with extensive experience in the fields of agricultural molecular biology and forest biotechnology. Dr. Hong obtained her Ph.D. in Genetics & Breeding from a top research university in U.S. Before she came to US, she already established her reputation in her field Dr. Hong retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for her NIW petition. Our attorneys noticed that Dr. Hong’s research in genetic engineering was cutting-edge. We emphasized to the immigration officer that she published more 20 peer-reviewed scientific articles in prestigious journals and at major scientific conferences. Her work has been cited numerous times. In order to emphasize her impact on her field, we submitted for her petition 7 letters of support from officials or scholars from various government departments or research institutions to vouch for her contribution to the national interest. 2 letters were from the independent evaluators, who have not worked with and do not know Dr. Hong personally but rather through her publications and presentations at scientific conferences We submitted Dr. Hong’s NIW petition August 30, 2005, and her petition was approved by the end of the year. Dr. Zhu Dr. Zhu received his MS. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from a top research university in U.S. His research focused on nanoscience research, particularly in the areas of nano-technology and spintronics. Currently, he is working as a scientist for a national laboratory. Dr. Zhu retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for his NIW petition. Our elite legal team designed a unique strategy for his petition. Because our experienced attorneys believed that Dr. Zhu had a stellar record in his research field, we decided to highlight his achievements first. At the beginning of our petition letter, we stated that Dr. Zhu is a leading researcher whose research publications have been cited in as many as 160 peer-reviewed articles in his field. We also quoted from a leading scientist in his field praising Dr. Zhu’s research as "an earth-shaking result, for both fundamental science and industrial prospect." Then our experienced attorneys submitted documentation to prove that Dr. Zhu's research has inspired many research groups around the world in academia as well as industry to further its studies, which has had and will continue to have a crucial impact on information storage industry worldwide. We did not submit many recommendation letters but we did document how significant impact his research was on his field. For instance, we listed all the media report on his ground-breaking research. We also documented the invitation from top journals to Dr. Zhu for becoming reviewers for papers. Due to our successful strategy and thorough documentation, Dr. Zhu’s petition was submitted October 14, 2004, and was quickly approved the next year. Dr. Bao Dr. Bao obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from a top American research university. Her research mainly focused on crystal structure. Currently she was a research scientist at a top research institution conducting her advance research. Dr. Bao retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for her NIW petition. In preparing for her case, our legal team noticed her apparent weakness: She only had 5 first-authored articles, one of which was in Chinese. We designed a specially-tailored plan for her petition. First, we emphasized to the immigration officer that as a leading researcher in her field, her research was ground breaking in many ways and had been extensively cited, no less than 14 times by independent scientific teams, worldwide. Although she had a few publications, our experienced attorneys stressed her impact on her field by stating that one of her first-authored paper published in mid-2003 had been cited 6 times by August, 2005. Also we highlighted her full membership of a honor scientific research society. By applying this strategy, we would like to shift the immigration officer’s attention from the quantity to the quality of her work. We also submitted 8 strong and glowing recommendation letters, written by leading scientists from top research institutions, major corporations, and national laboratories, all of whom testified that Dr. Bao was among the elite group of researchers in her field and her work would have fundamental impact on the field. Due to our successfully strategy, Dr. Bao’s NIW petition was submitted August 12, 2005 and approved in the same year. Ms. Zheng Ms. Zheng came to US to pursue her graduate study in Chemistry in 2000. By the time her NIW petition was submitted, she was just a Ph.D. candidate, recently finishing her Master’s. Ms. Zheng retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for her NIW petition. In preparing for her case, our legal team noticed her apparent weakness: She only had 3 co-authored articles. It seemed that she did not establish herself as a leading researcher with extensive experience in her field. We designed a specially-tailored plan to overcome this barrier. As young as she was, her application of the optical spectroscopy to Nano-science related research was nothing shy from remarkable. We emphasized to the immigration officer that as evidence of the impact of his research, Ms. Zheng's articles had already been downloaded more than 650 times by fellow researchers from a prestigious subscription-based on-line journal. We further stressed that her stature as an outstanding researcher was supported by letters from researchers at the National Institutes of Health, a national laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and scientist at several prestigious research institutes, both in U.S. and overseas. Moreover, we brought the officer’s attention to 4 letters from independent evaluators to demonstrate how much impact she had produced on her field in such a short period of time. Due to our ingenious strategy and detailed documentation, Ms. Zheng’s NIW petition was submitted June 29, 2005, and approved on October 20, 2005. Dr. Lan Dr. Lan obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from a top research university in China. Before he came to US to continue his advanced research, he had published more than 3 articles. Dr. Lan retained Zhang & Associates, P.C. for his NIW petition. Our excellent legal team carefully organized his petition package. In his petition, our attorneys showed to the immigration officer that Dr. Lan had published more than 10 articles in top scholarly journals. In explaining Dr. Lan’s research and achievements, we suggested that his research enormous benefits for eye disease treatment and cancer researcher. To highlight his achievements and international recognition, we submitted 2 independent advisory opinions to strongly substantiate his contribution to his field among 7 recommendation letters. Thanks to our premium legal assistance, Dr. Lan’s petition was submitted on August 10, 2005 and approved on October 7, 2005. Dr. Petrovsky In our years of professional services for NIW petitioners, we have noticed that most petitioners received the Request for Evidence (RFE) from immigration officers mainly because they failed to persuasively establish they meet the third prong of the NIW test. Dr. Petrovsky was among the unfortunate petitioners. Dr. Petrovsky conducted advanced research in photochemistry/photophysics and optical spectroscopy. He received his RFE in May, 2005. The letter from the immigration officer asserted that Dr. Petrovsky’s petition could not prove that the national interest would be adversely affected if a labor certification were required. According to our analysis and experience, it seemed that the officer wanted more to demonstrate that Dr. Petrovsky had a significant impact on his field as a whole. Our elite legal team reevaluated Dr. Petrovsky’s petition and concluded that the original package was sufficient to meet all prongs for NIW. Given the fact the immigration officer failed to pay attention to all the evidence weaved through our documentation, we decided to highlight all the relevant evidence to make it easy for the officer. For instance, we submitted certificate copies of three patent owned by Dr. Petrovsky. Also we reiterated that his work had been extensively published in the field's foremost journals, including Macromolecules and Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry. Among his 30 plus published articles on the peer-reviewed journals, we emphasized that one of his paper had been cited in 26 papers from scientists all over the world. we argued Dr. Petrovsky will contribute to the national interest to a substantially greater degree than others with minimum qualifications to work in his field. We asserted that it would be a detriment to the national interest if Dr. Petrovsky’s exceptional talent were lost to the U.S. due to his having denied a labor certification if others with mere minimum qualifications were to be found in the course of a labor certification process. Through our effective argument, we believed that the immigration officer would be convinced that Dr. Petrovsky’s achievements had made significant impact on his field and he should not go through a labor certification process. We submitted our response on August 16, 2005 and Dr. Petrovsky’s petition was approved by the end of the year. Dr. Pastukhov Dr. Pastukhov obtained his Ph.D. in Genetics from a prestigious Ukrainian medical school and then he studied the embryogensis of human micro-vessels. Prior to moving to U.S., he had already published six articles in prestigious leading journals. Dr. Pastukhov is currently conducting advanced research at American research institute, with an emphasis on the structure and function of a certain protein found in male germ cells, which is critical for mitosis and meiosis. To fulfill the requirements in EB-1a classification, we provided detailed documentation to proved that he made original scientific research contributions of major significance to his field of endeavor; he received major, nationally and internationally recognized award for excellence in his field of endeavor; he served as the judge of the work of others in his field; he had membership in associations in his field which require outstanding achievements of their members; and he had authored scholarly articles in scholarly journals in his field. In order to emphasize his academic achievements, we also pointed out in the package that Dr. Pastukhov’s work was considered by other leading experts in his field as seminal and prolific. We cited some leading professor whose lab was applying Dr. Pastukhov’s innovative method, “this method is simple and very efficient. In my everyday scientific work I have used it successfully for more than a year and find it very beneficial.” Thanks to our detailed documentation and persuasive argument, Mr. Pastukhov’s petition for EB-1(a) was filed on July 11, 2005, and approved within several months. (06/20/2006) For more immigration news, please click here |
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