Green Card Approved Following Approval of National Interest Waiver Petition

We usually recommend that our researcher clients who are filing I-140 Petitions in the Extraordinary Ability Alien Category (for those individuals from India or China) or National Interest Waiver Category (for those individuals not from India or China) wait for an approval of the I-140 Petition prior to filing an I-485 Application for Adjustment of […]

Extraordinary Ability Alien Petition Approved for Indian National Conducting Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry Research

We received an approval of a self-filed EB-1A Extraordinary Ability Alien Petition filed on behalf of an Indian National who is among the small percentage of researchers at the top of the field of Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry. Our client single-handedly designed and developed a novel antimicrobial treatment against multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that is widely considered […]

EB1A Extraordinary Ability Alien Petition Approved for Researcher Among the Small Percentage at the Top of the Field of Reproductive and Developmental Biology

Our Philadelphia law firm prepared an EB-1A Extraordinary Ability Alien Petition on behalf of a Chinese National conducting research in the field of reproductive and developmental biology at a Top 10 University in the United States which was approved based upon the initial filing without a Request for Evidence or Notice of Intent to Deny. […]

Green Card Approved Following Approval of Extraordinary Ability Alien Petition

Due to the high standard of receiving an approval for an EB-1A Extraordinary Ability Petition, we generally advise our clients to wait until the I-140 Petition is approved prior to filing the I-485 Application for a green card. We recently received a green card approval within 6 months of filing the I-485 application for a […]

EB-1B Outstanding Researcher Petition Approved for Researcher at Prestigious Hospital

Our firm utilized the USCIS premium processing service to obtain approval of an EB-1B Outstanding Researcher Petition on behalf of a researcher at a prestigious hospital. The petition was approved in 10 days without a Request for Evidence or Notice of Intent to Deny. The Beneficiary’s research field was conducting clinical effectiveness and health outcomes […]

National Interest Waiver Petition Approved for Embryologist

Our Philadelphia immigration law firm received an approval of a I-140 National Interest Waiver Petition filed with the USCIS Texas Service Center in 2 1/2 months. The Petition was filed on behalf of a researcher at a prestigious University in Philadelphia whose research findings have had a degree of influence of the field of embryology […]

Extraordinary Ability Alien Petition Approved via Premium Processing

The USCIS Texas Service Center approved an EB-1A Extraordinary Ability Alien Petition via premium processing for a Researcher at a University in New York who was found to be one of the small percentage of researchers at the top of the field of understanding the molecular mechanisms of disease to find disease treatments, specifically related […]

Green Card approved for Chinese National with Approved EB-2 National Interest Waiver Petition Upon Priority Date Becoming Current in Visa Bulletin

Our firm successfully processed a National Interest Waiver Petition for a researcher from China working at a prestigious University in Philadelphia conducting research in the field of understanding the molecular mechanisms of disease. The Chinese National had used the approved NIW I-140 Petition to extend H-1B status for an additional 3 year period beyond the […]

I-140 Petition Approved for Extraordinary Ability Alien Using Premium Processing

Philadelphia Immigration Attorney Brian Getson succesfully represented a medical researcher at a prestigious University in a self-filed EB1A I-140 Petition for classification as an Alien with Extraordinary Ability in the Sciences. The Petition was filed using the USCIS premium processing service and was approved in 11 days from the date of filing. The researcher was […]