Success Stories: Thanks to NAILG’s Help, NIW Approval Obtained for a Senior Researcher in Materials Science from Israel without RFE

Posted by wegreened on December 22, 2022 in NIW, Materials Engineering (Textile Technology, Materials Science, Polymer Science)

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On April 13^th, 2022, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Senior Researcher in the Field of Materials Science (Approval Notice).

General Field: Materials Science

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Senior Researcher

Country of Origin: Israel

Country of Residence at the Time of Filing: Israel

Approval Notice Date: April 13^th, 2022

Processing Time: 10 months, 6 days

Case Summary:

Our NIW (National Interest Waiver) client from Israel had a proposed endeavor to continue his research on designing metals and alloys with improved stability and mechanical properties. He wanted to improve the performance of various materials for a variety of structural applications. It was clear to our team that his research advancing his proposed endeavor is of great importance because metals are a significant material employed in a variety of industries. Iron core-gold shell nanoparticles such as the ones that he has worked with are used in cancer treatment as well. This added to the overall significance of his work for the U.S.

Since we have a lot of experience with NIW clients, we immediately moved to get the agreement signed followed by his application prepping. This meant looking into his documents and finding facts such as:

It was due to its clear national importance that his research has in fact been supported with funding from the United States Army Research Office, the National Science Foundation, the Israeli Science Foundation, and the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation.
At the same time, he has been regularly invited to conduct peer reviews for authoritative journals in the field with at least 37 reviews to date.
His research has resulted in 21 peer-reviewed journal articles (13 of them first-authored).
These publications have also been cited a total of 449 times according to Google Scholar.
We also presented detailed descriptions of 4 of his key projects that have been included as evidence of his contributions to and expertise in the field of materials science.
Due to its clear implications for creating lightweight alloys and nano compounds, his work has already attracted the attention of the private sector.
He has also pursued research directly related to his proposed endeavor for 11 years already.

Our client has also pioneered a new method of decreasing the grain size in nanocrystalline alloys at high temperatures, which is a significant breakthrough since typically grains only increase in size at elevated temperatures and materials typically lack the mechanisms that allow for grain shrinkage (i.e., internal interface generation). All this aided in getting us the NIW approval for him without an RFE. We are glad to have worked on his case and we wish him the best of luck.

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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%