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Law Are you a prospective client? e-mail – office@doylelawatl.com or call 404-325-5858 FAMILY NATURALIZATION CONTACT Menu FAMILY NATURALIZATION CONTACT Home NIW APPROVALS National Interest Waiver (NIW) Approvals NIW Approvals The National Interest Waiver is a self-sponsored I-140 petition that provides a path for you to get a green card! Audra’s job is to take you ALL the way through your case until you have a green card in your hand. It is a process available to applicants with an exceptional level of expertise, education, and experience. Here are some general criteria and guidelines to consider when applying for the NIW: It falls under Employment-based Priority Category EB-2 It is usually better for young researchers The petitioner’s proposed endeavor has both substantial merit and national importance The petitioner is well-positioned to advance the proposed endeavor On balance, it would be beneficial to the United States to waive the job offer and labor certification requirement. Family members CAN be included. Further Your Professional Sciences Career in the United States Research in the sciences, including physics, biomedicine, biology, and engineering. We also use the NIW for other fields as well, including teaching and business. As a chemist, you might find a career working in the medical field to help develop new life-saving treatments. Or you might help a technology company perfect its manufacturing process. As a physicist, you might work as a nuclear engineer for the U.S. Air Force or you may be a top software engineer at a company such as IBM. An environmental scientist, meanwhile, might find employment as a consultant in the oil & gas industry or as a meteorologist working on groundbreaking research. Whether you have recently acquired your PhD in your field or are still working towards it, you may have already determined that remaining in the United States is the best option for your future. Perhaps the only roadblock you need to clear is the NIW approval process. Our firm offers consultations to discuss your situation and to develop a strategy that will fit your specific requirements. We are very results-oriented, and we are tenacious in achieving our clients’ desired results. Is your work in the interest of the United States? Audra will review your CV and interview you to determine if you are qualified. Here are some key pieces of information she will look for: Do you have at least a master’s degree? Is your work in the U.S. national interest? What are your accomplishments? Is your work important to your field? What are your future plans for working in the U.S.? Is your job temporary or permanent? What is the NIW Process? Prepare National Interest Waiver (NIW) petition with Audra Draft recommendation letters, Audra edits Provide copies of documents to Audra Audra drafts a Table of Contents and forms, and prepares your petition for submission Upon your approval, Audra submits your petition to USCIS Wait for NIW Approval File Green Card Applications upon NIW Approval and Visa Availability Provide copies of documents to Audra along with information Audra drafts forms and prepares applications for submission Submit the green card applications to USCIS Wait for a possible USCIS interview. Audra prepares you for the interview and attends it with you. How long is the NIW Process? The length of the NIW process depends on your country of birth and on current USCIS processing times. Audra will share the current time frame with you during your consultation. Current NIW processing times range from 11 months to more than 15 months. I-485 processing times can be upwards of 8 months. If you have to wait for the visa availability, that could add time to your application. Audra will discuss the impact of the Visa Bulletin on your case with you and help you create the best strategy. Audra will also discuss concurrent filing” with you if you want to speed up your process. NIW Approvals Space Plasma - Protecting the United States’ national security in space and underwater The following is a description of our client, who was a successful applicant for the NIW. The client conducts research in the field of space plasma. Space plasma can destroy satellites, affect submarine communication and GPS signals, and even cause power grid failures on Earth. The client is funded by government agencies, like the Department of Homeland Security, who have identified space weather” as a national security concern. The client has made important progress in this area of work. In particular, he has been advancing the United States’ understanding of space weather and other extra-terrestrial phenomena as well as methods to extend the lifetime and functionality of U.S. satellites. To ensure the success of the client’s case, we located current news stories about satellites crashing back down to earth due to deterioration caused by space dust/plasma. Further, we demonstrated the interest in his work across multiple U.S. agencies and research institutes. The USCIS approved his case outright. Natural Resource Management - U.S. Forestry with applications for Resource Optimization, Forest Preservation, and Climate Change Prevention The following is a description of our client, who was a successful applicant for the NIW. Our client conducted research to build models that predict wildfires in the United States, carbon impacts of wildfires, and network analysis to identify hotspots of forest commodity usage of the United States. He has also assisted with economic contribution analyses of various sectors. His research supports policy decisions at the state and federal levels in the areas of wildfire management, forest carbon sequestration, and merchantability of forest commodities. His research results are of the utmost importance in providing guidelines to researchers and policymakers on the feasibility of utilizing woody residues for bioenergy production, formulating helpful policies, providing extension support and consultation to stakeholders, and identifying new investment opportunities. In our NIW petition, we made sure to connect our client’s research to these important national goals. We also showed the direct impact of his work on the field. USCIS approved the case outright. Public Health - Infectious Disease and HIV Research and Clinical Work The following is an example of a client working in this field, who was successful with the NIW application. Our client is currently studying how HIV-infected macrophages may cause activation or injury of endothelial cells of the coronary artery, either through direct effects of the HIV or through the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. She is developing a cell-based assay system that will allow an in-vitro study of the interactions between macrophages and vascular endothelial cells in the presence of HIV. The assay will also help study how these interactions may be harnessed to understand the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease in PLWHA and identify therapeutic strategies to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Macrophages and vascular endothelial cells are key players in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in HIV-negative individuals. Macrophages also happen to be one of the immune cells that readily become infected by HIV and as such may play an important role in increasing the cardiovascular risk in people who have an HIV infection. To strengthen the client’s case, we needed to distinguish this esteemed scientist and doctor from others in her field. We provided compelling information about the high degree of interest the U.S. has in eradicating HIV. In particular, we submitted data on the increasing number of cases in the Southeast, where our client works. We connected her clinical work with underserved HIV/AIDS patients to her ongoing laboratory work in this area and showed how each supported results in the other. We also argued that such a combination of jobs would likely not be approved via a...