Strong Recommendation Letters is Key for NIW Success
Jing Amy Feng
Ms. Chen is a highly experienced researcher in the field of productive biology. She received her Ph.D. from an American University, and has since then been making monumental impacts to her field. While the field of biology research encompasses a vast array of subject areas, Ms. Chen’s work primary involves investigating the causes of breast cancer and the causes and treatments of female infertility. When evaluating her chance of NIW, Attorney Feng believed that her rich experience as researcher could support her in EB-2 NIW petition if the case was well prepared.
Ms. Chen made contributions to her research field. For example, she provided innovative insights that contextualized female infertility in light of obesity and conducted several experiments in testing the impacts of diet on breast cancer probability. That being said, Ms. Chen’s work is more research oriented rather than focused on working contributions, so Attorney Feng accordingly brought out her strengths in those regards. Usually, the impact of scientific researchers and advanced degree professionals is assessed by the quality of their publications and the number of their citation record. Having helped many researchers in the scientific field apply for the NIW category, Attorney Feng know exactly how to present a strong case for Ms. Chen. Strong evaluations in recommendation letters, especially in independent recommendation letters are the key to NIW approval. USCIS officers read recommendation letters very carefully as they are major sources on applicants’ contributions. Not only should recommendation letters address these contributions in layperson’s terms, but also should guide officer focusing on applicant’s strength rather than weakness. Due to the critical role of RL in NIW, our firm offers drafting 6 RLs for clients. By taking over drafting task, we not only achieve high efficient preparation, but also deliver outstanding quality of RLs. Ms. Chen’s RLs fully discussed her impacts to his field and her promising future contributions if she were granted NIW—key elements under NIW.
Within seven months after the case was filed, the petition was approved by USCIS. Compare to average 12 months processing time for NIW, the success of this case is very impressive. Although this is not typical of all cases, it demonstrates that even average cases can have an excellent chance of approval with the help of a highly skilled attorney. As long as you can persuasively prove that you meet NIW requirements, you have a chance to succeed. In Ms. Chen’s case, she benefited from the crafting of strong recommendation and petition letters, and from this sound legal advice.
We encourage you to send us your CV to evaluate whether you have a good chance to succeed under EB1 or EB2 NIW categories. An experienced attorney’s help is essential for researchers like Ms. Chen who did not believe that their NIW could be approved at first. Experienced attorneys can enhance your chance of approval even if you only have a mediocre case. What makes your green card application different is whether you are willing to try.
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*Attorney Jing Amy Feng is the Partner of Jing Feng Law Group PLLC. (www.fengvisa.com). She has extensive experience in working visa applications and employment/business immigration, with a proven record of many successful NIW, O, EB-1, H-1B, PERM cases. She may be reached at jfeng@fengvisa.com