Success Stories: A Biotechnologies Postdoctoral Fellow from China Wins NIW Case Thanks to Our Team’s Efforts on His Case Preparation

Posted by wegreened on April 7, 2023 in NIW, Technology (Nanotechnology, Nanoscience, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Bioengineering, Biomedical Science, Biotechnologies)

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On January 25^th, 2023, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Field of Biotechnologies (Approval Notice).

General Field: Biotechnologies

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Fellow

Country of Origin: China

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California

Approval Notice Date: January 25^th, 2023

Processing Time: 4 months, 4 days

Case Summary:

The following is the list of items our team found and collected for the National Interest Waiver (NIW) case of a postdoctoral fellow in biotechnologies from China:

He was a postdoctoral fellow with a Ph.D. in microbial and biochemical pharmacology and had been working in the area of expertise for 12 years already.
As an expert in the field, his proposed endeavor was to continue developing state-of-the-art agonistic onco-immunologic approaches for therapeutic applications in order to progress next-generation tumor treatment, including for advanced and metastatic late-stage tumors.
His research endeavor was of great importance because it harnesses state-of-the-art therapeutic cellular engineering and therapeutic biologics techniques to develop improvements for cancer immunotherapies. Globally, cancer is a leading cause of mortality, with nearly 10 million total deaths attributed to it in 2020 by the World Health Organization.
His proposed endeavor also had broad implications for the United States, which is home to the world’s largest pharmaceuticals market and therefore stands to benefit from his ongoing research.
Due to his knowledge and expertise in therapeutic biologics development, therapeutic cellular engineering, and novel cancer target identification and characterization, he has been regularly invited to conduct peer reviews for authoritative journals in the field where he has completed over 35 reviews to date.
Academically, his research has resulted in over 15 peer-reviewed journal articles and 1 peer-reviewed first-authored book chapter.
Not only this but his research has also gone on to influence his peers. That is, these publications have been cited a total of 361 times.
Additionally, he had 2 letters of support from peer experts who followed his work and understood its value for the U.S.

These factors when weighed by the adjudicating authorities made the scales tilt in our client’s favor, winning him the NIW approval in just 4 months and 4 days. We are proud of the work we put into this case and the quick approval that our client received. We wish him all the best for the future.

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(2012.01 - 2025.12)

Category	Approval or Refund^®		Approval or Refiling^TM
	Approval or Refund^®
Category	Approved Sum	Success Rate	Approved Sum	Success Rate
NIW	42,047	99%	5,258	97%
EB1A	9,218	91%	4,534	86%
EB1B	1,488	98%	448	93%
Total	52,753	98%	10,240	92%