Consultant Reports
in Year 2008
A Summary of Reports
to February
Two cases for Koreans are
very interesting to us. It seems to us after the
Virginia Tech shooting incident, every Korean case
got RFE from USCIS for some time. Kim got his Ph.D
in economics from Virginia Tech, we applied NIW for
him, he did not have a job, when he received the RFE,
we were really worried about this case, because he
still did not have a job yet. After the RFE
response, it took USCIS almost two months, then they
approved it, amazingly, they also mailed him the
green cards (a family of four) in 10 days. Now, with
the help of green card, he is working. Lee is a
research associate in computer science, his RFE was
kind of standard RFE, basically says please do your
petition all over again and prove how you qualify
for NIW. So, we did it again. But he got denied, it
says you only have one first-author paper and did
not prove that "your ability is above the peer's".
He was very depressed. We told him "Don't worry. We
will help you to appeal." So, we wrote an appeal. 10
days after appeal, his case was approved.
Dr. Henry from Sri Lanka
was approved
in NIW by Nebraska center. He is doing research in
medicine for CDC.
Consultant Reports
in Year 2007
A Summary of Reports
to September
Dr. Plume from China was
approved in NIW. The case was submitted in March and
approved in September. Dr. Plume is a research
associate in a university.
Dr. Chancellor was approved
in EA. He is doing research in electronic tracking
of cancer cells. A Nepal citizen, he came to USA on
B1 visa from Sweden.
Dr. Siveroma from India is
approved in OR category. He is a faculty member
doing chiropractic research at Southern California
University of Health Sciences. The case was
requested for more evidence, with a little attention
from us, it was then approved within a week.
Dr. Silver from India was
approved in EA. Dr. Silver is a research associate
at a National Laboratory. The case was submitted in
March and approved in August.
Dr. Shawn from India
is a research scientist at a university in
Chicago. He had an NIW case approved. He filed
the EA in March and was approved in August.
Amazingly, in September, his entire family
received the green cards.
Dr. Sashi from India
was approved in EA in 3 months. He did not use
premium processing. It should be very careful in
using premium processing for EA, if the
background is marginal, it is very easy to get a
RFE.
A Summary of Reports
for the first Quarter
Dr. Fox's case was
approved in 7 days with premium processing in EA. He
is from Mexico and a physicist.
Dr. Mugabi was approved
in EA. He is an expert in French language with a Ph.
D in French literature, he is teaching in an
elementary school. Wow.
Dr. Schmidt from Germany is
approved for EA in 14 days. She is doing HIV
research. Premium processing is used in this case.
Dr. Rainforest from
Indian
got approved in NIW by Nebraska center without RFE.
His case was filed to Vermont center in March 2006
and transferred to Nebraska Center. He is a
post-doctorate doing bio-medical research.
Consultant Reports
in Year 2006
A Summary of Reports
to December
Dr. R from Indian is
approved for NIW. It took 4 months. Dr. R is from
India and currently a physician.
Dr. Flight from Turkey
gets approved in EA in 14 days, he used premium
processing, he is currently a research associate.
Mr. Sunny gets approved in NIW from WAC, this is a RFE case we did.
Mr. Moon from Turkey gets
his J-1 waiver approved, he is now a manager of a
hotel.
A Summary of Reports
up to August
Dr. Verylongname from
India, currently a postdoc dong biomedical research
gets approved in NIW in 5 months, the case was filed
to Vermont Center, then transferred to Texas Center.
Mr. Kong from Malaysia,
currently a Ph.D. candidate was approved in NIW.
Two AAU cases. Dr.
Kim from South Korea, currently doing electric
engineering research in a National Laboratory, filed
NIW in 2003. The case was denied after RFE by
Nebraska Center in 2005, we then filed appeal. It
was approved by AAU. Ms. Butor from Pakistan,
currently a faculty member in a university hospital,
filed NIW in 2005. She filed NIW by a lawyer in
2000, it was denied. In 2005, we filed NIW the
second time for her to Texas Center, since her
previous denial, Texas Center did not even send RFE,
straightly denied her case in a month. We filed
appeal. Interestingly, AAU sent the case back to
Texas Center for review, Texas Center then issued a
RFE, we responded immediately, the case was then
approved in 2 weeks after AAU's decision. By the
way, after April 1, all I-140s should be filed to
Nebraska Center, with the approval of this case, we
achieved 100 percent success rate for cases
filed to Texas Center.
Ms. Narayana, from India,
currently a software engineer in California,
gets her PERM approved in 2 months.
Mr. Yutchenko, the
greatest story. He is from the old Soviet-block
country. He is a construction manager with a BS in
civil engineering. He needed start his work in USA
in April, neither H1B nor PERM will get an EAD this
fast, so we used NIW to California Center just to
try to get him an EAD first. Fantastically, his NIW
was approved, only a BS degree, no publication, with
2 recommendation letters. Meantime, his H1B petition
was also approved (effective October 1, 2006,
though), and his PERM was also approved by DOL (no
use anymore).
Two RFE cases
approved. Dr. Singh and Dr. Virenda, both from
India, currently doing biomedical research as
research associates, filed I-140s on their own both
to Nebraska Center and received "Request for more
evidences". They came to USAIA for help in response,
we did the response. 3 months after, the cases were
approved.
March Report
Consultant S
Ms. Model's case was approved in 2 months. She is a
Ph.D. candidate doing physics research.
February Report
Consultant Y
Dr. Harry's case was approved in WAC in 5 months. He had
a EA case filed by himself and was denied. I was
concerned that might have some negative effects on his
NIW petition this time. Fortunately, it was approved
without RFE. A smooth sail.
January Report
Consultant G
FYI. Dr. Moly is a physician from India, currently
working in a clinic in USA. I filed OR for him in EAC.
EAC sent RFE saying the employer is not a non-profit
organization. Then we wrote a very diplomatic letter
withdrew the petition. After 6 months, EAC filed a
motion to re-open the case on its own. Now the case is
in processing.
Consultant Reports
in Year 2005
December Report
Consultant G
I reported the approval of Dr. House's case in September. Today he
called me to tell me that he received his green card in mail. He
expressed his sincere appreciation of our service and said he would be
willing to write a good reference for USAIA.
Consultant X
Dr. Roadrunner's case was approved. He is from China with MD degree and
currently doing medical research. Dr.Sky's case was approved. He is
also from China, he has a Ph.D. in computer science and is currently a
database manager for a private company. Certainly we did a little
technical treatment of his job title in the petition.
November Report
Consultant X
Wow!
Ms. Queen's case was approved, within one month. She has an MBA, a
foreign master degree in environmental sciences, no publications in
USA, two papers before she came to US.This is a case that I spent a lot
of time with dedicated efforts.
October Report
Consultant Y
It is a crazy time. The following cases were all approved within a
month. One client got his I-140 receipt and notice of approval almost
at the same time. Ms. King's case was approved by TSC. She only has
Master's degree, doing statistical work for a DOD Research
Institute through a contracting company. Dr. Smith's case was approved
by TSC, he is from former Yugoslavia, he is doing medical research. Dr.
Ralph was approved by TSC, he is from Indian and doing plant genetic
research. Dr. Gold was approved by NSC, she is from China and she is
working on medical research.
September Report
Consultant L
Nik finally get his green card. Two years ago, he
came to me. He was laid off, at that time, his I-140 by labor
certification was approved, he did not file I-485 yet, also he had some
bad records when he was a teenage in UK. Thanks God, our efforts
finally get some good results for him.
Consultant G
Dr. House's Outstanding Researcher case was
approved in Texas Service Center. It only took 40 days for the case to
be processed. From Bangladesh, House has a Ph. D. in accounting. He was
worrying that people from Muslim countries will be specially
scrutinized. Apparently this is not the case in his I-140 processing.
Dr. Jacob's NIW case was approved in Texas Service Center in 15 days.
He is currently doing Avian influenza research.
August Report
Consultant Y
Dr. River's case was approved on August
14. Ms. River has a Ph.D. in finance. At the time of filing, she does
not have a job and her OPT was about to expire. In April, the case
received RFE.
Consultant G
Dr. Jacob's J1 waiver case was approved on August
4. The case was submitted to Department of State Waiver Review division
on June 6. The State Department is very effecient and transparent. The
process goes smoothly.
July Report
Consultant G
Dr. Sweety's case was approved by California
Center. Dr. Sweety is doing Alzheimer
disease research, from Hungary, she is a brilliant scientist. Her case
was filed in August 2004, CIS sent RFE in April. One week after RFE
response, her case was approved. 3 weeks later, she received her green
card, amazing! "I would like to thank you for your guidance through
this frustrating times." She wrote.
June Report
Consultant Y
Ms. Shadow's case gets approved from Vermont
Center after 2 years and a RFE. I felt her case was very well prepared,
nicely written, yet, I don't think they even read it carefully. Just
because she does not have a Doctor's degree, they send out RFE.
Eventually, it was approved. Surprisingly, Dr. Lake's case was approved
by Vermont Center too, in less than 4 months time. Dr. Lake's case
should not have a problem at all, it is just the speed of processing
that is surprising.
April Report
Consultant M
Ms. Tree's case was approved. On April 6, we
responded to the RFE, on April 20th, it was approved. Her RFE was
expected, she does not have many publications and all the
recommendation letters were from people with Chinese surnames. However,
we got it done.
March Report
Consultant Y
Mr. Lynn's case was approved by SRC. He has a
B.S. in medicine and a M.S. in biochemistry from China. He is currently
doing cardiovascular research.
February Report
Consultant Y
Dr. Noble's case was approved by Vermont
Center.
His case was filed in November, 2004 in the category of EB1A,
extraordinary ability. Dr. Noble is currently a psychiatrist. He got
his Doctor degree from India. This case took less than three months to
get approved.
January Report
Consultant L
Mr. Delaware's case is the most complicated
I have ever had. The story is an interesting one with a happy ending.
Mr. D came to US in 1988 from Jordan. He got his Master's degree in
computer sciences in 1992. He then married a US citizen. Unfortunately,
the marriage did not last long enough, so his green card was denied. At
that time, he worked for a big computer service company, the company
sponsored him through labor certification. In 1999, he quitted the
company and started his own business. In 2000, the company lawyer
requested INS to rescind his green card. Then he filed NIW with the
help of a famous law firm in LA. In 2003, INS sent him RFE for his NIW
case, He sensed his lawyer did not do a good enough job, he came to us
for help. Mr. D is a genius in computer programming and an outstanding
businessman, he has been rapidly expanding his company and made a
significant contribution to the local economy. I did the RFE response
for him in the name of his lawyer. I personally felt that the response
was overwhelmingly convincing. Within a month, the case was transferred
from regional center to the local office for interview. This was a good
news, however, since the case transferred to local office, it was
silent as if it were disappeared. Meanwhile, his lawyer filed numerous
other petitions in every possible category, unfortunately, all failed,
at an extremely high price for him. His lawyer also filed numerous
inquires about his NIW case which now was the only hope he had. In
November 2004, his lawyer got the response from the local office that
they wanted to deny his NIW case. Frustrated, he fired the lawyer, and
he called me: "What to do now?" I told him: "Go to the local office and
request the interview yourself." "How about if they deny the case?"
"They can't. According to the regulation, local office does not have
jurisdiction to deny the NIW case. If they say they intent to deny,
then ask them why, then ask them to send it back to the regional
center." He went to the local office in early December, the reviewer of
the case was a lady, she took him to her office and told him "I am
going to send you a letter of Intent to Deny. You will receive it in a
couple of days." He asked "Why? The regional center did not deny it."
Then she took his file out and open the file, both of them saw the
instructions from the regional center which says "Verify and
Adjudicate". Apparently nobody in the local office had touched the case
before. She said "Well, I need to make an appointment for you to see
our director." On January 2nd, one day after the New Year's day, he
went to see the Director. The Director told him: "Your I-140 is
approved. I will call the Immigration Judge to withdraw the deportation
case that is against you, then adjust your status."
He called me "Thanks to former vice president Al Gore invented the
internet, I found you thought the internet." I said "You deserve the
green card, for almost 20 years, it was a psychological torture for
you."
Consultant Reports
in Year 2004
December Report
Consultant Y
Ms. Cheney's case was approved by Texas Center.
Her case was filed in May 2004 . She has a M.S. degree in computer
science and she is currently doing highway safety statistical analysis.
The swift action by Texas Center took us by surprise. Congratulations
to Ms. Cheney, you earned it. Happy holidays.
November Report
Consultant W
Mr. Ironman's case is approved. He is a computer
engineer working for a private company. His petition was submitted to
Vermont Center in September 2003.
Consultant Y
Mr. Sal's case was approved on November 2 by
Texas Center, Mr. Sal is a process control engineer working for a
consulting company in Indiana, his case was technically filed to Texas
Center in February, 2004.
October Report
Consultant Y
Dr. River's case approved by CSC on October 6.
Dr. River is a post-doctorate at UCSF. This is a easy case, submitted
in Sept., 2003.
August Report
Consultant Y
Backlogs of immigration petition cases at USCIS are mounting, in all
categories, at all four centers. Progresses are very slow, but not
halted.
I have two NIW cases approved in Nebraska Center recently. The first
one
is Dr. Benjamin, who is from Africa. A brilliant scientist, he received
his medical education in Europe and currently is doing research in a
university.
However, he does not have many publications. He desperately needs a
green
card before his board license expires. His case was filed in July 2003.
USCIS issued RFE in October, 2003. We responded RFE on December 10,
2003,
the case was approved on January 14, 2004. The second case is Jake.
Jake
is a postdoctoral doing combustion research. His case was filed in
September
2003, in May 2004, we received RFE asking "why your job can not be done
by an average Ph.D. in mechanical engineering." We submitted the RFE
response
before the due date of July 2, the case was approved on July 30.
Recently, I got a case that might be of interest
to all of you. That
is an I-485 case. It passed the processing time given by USCIS, so, the
applicant filed an inquiry through the USCIS National Service Center.
California
center processed the case after receiving the inquiry. But, the center
apparently retaliated this kind of action ("inquiry"), they denied the
spouse's I-485 for no reason, also, the denial can not be appealed.
Consultant M
Dr. Sloan was approved on August 30, 2004. He is
from South Korea, obtained
his Ph.D. in physics from an Iowa university and stayed for
post-doctorate
in the same university. We submitted the case in July 2003, he had 3
publications
and 2 recommendation letters for the case, one from his Ph.D. advisor,
one from his current boss. I feel the scheme we used to defend our case
is working.
Consultant Reports in
Year 2003
August Report
Consultant Y
Client: Dr. Zac
Zac is currently a post-doctorate at University of Carlifornia. He
has about 30 papers including conference presentations. He received his
Ph.D from a foreign country. NIW petition submitted (I-140 only) on May
27, approved on July 6 (received the notice of approval).
Consultant W
Client: Gary
Gary is from Hong Kong, he has a Ph.D. in computer science, he is
currently
laid off from work. NIW petition filed in March, approved in July. Wow,
we get it even he is currently not employed.
April report
Consultant: M
Client: Y.W. from UCSF
Y is from China, he has a M.D. equivalent (Bachelor of Medicine), 5
papers published in Chinese Journals, one published in the US, 2
conference
presentations, he is currently doing cancer research on J-1 visa, sec.
212 (e) waived by NO OBJECTION.
We took months to finish the case, (it took a long time for him to
obtain some evidences from China). NIW was filed in October, 2002 to
CSC.
His case was approved January 23, 2003.
Currently (February), I have one biomedical research case in progress.
Consultant: W
Client: J.M. K
Mr. K is a Ph.D. Candidate located in Florida. He is studying computer
sciences, research area: network security, firewall. He has 3 papers
published.
He has collected 9 good recommendation letters. I finished the case in
2 months (from getting the agreement to submission). It was submitted
in
March 2002 and approved in January 2003 by TSC. I have two more that
are
close to have results come out.
Consultant: Y
Client: Mr. Rose
Dr. Rose is a postd in Wisconsin. He is doing semiconductor research
in the department of physics. He has a very strong background including
7 peer-reviewed papers. We filed the NIW petition in July 2002 to NSC,
it was approved in February, 2003. No problem during that period, just
waiting.
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