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Skip to contentDavide is an Italian entomologist currently completing his PhD studies in a US University. He studied in Europe and did an internship in South Africa. Knowing that his passion was the study of insects, and particularely the study of parasitic wasps, he decided to continue his training with a doctorate degree. While finding funding for his research in the old continent was hard, he came to know about a professor in Florida who was studying the same type of wasps he is passionate about. Davide contacted her future advisor over email and eventually got accepted to the school and started working with this professor in America.Davide contacted me to let me know of his approval and volunteer to be featured on the&nbsp;YouTube channel. If you also want to tell your story to the community, you can email me at oscar (at) eb2niw.info or using the&nbsp;Contact&nbsp;form on this website.Davide came to the US under an F-1 visa, a very popular nonimmigrant visa for students enrolled in programs at American Universities. However, he later switched to a J-1 visa, which is also a nonimimgrant visa, because this would allow his wife to work as well (dependents of F-1 visa holders cannot be employed).Davide started looking into applying for a permanent residency status because this would align better with his career path. He wants to have the option to work for an entomological collection, or for government agencies that allow him to work with insects and study their morphology and evolution. These institutions often do not sponsor immigrations processes, and sometimes even require residency status to get hired.&nbsp;Initially, Davide was not extremely familiar with the green card system until a British person talked to him about the National Interest Waiver program under the EB-2 category. Before hiring his lawyer, he got to know&nbsp;my YouTube channel “Oscar’s Green Card”, according to him the best one in terms of clarification for immigrants in the US on the different steps involved (thanks, Davide!). In that moment, looking at other success stories,&nbsp;If you need step-by-step guidance, I will provide a series of video lessons that cover how to qualify for the 3 prongs, how to write a solid cover letter, recommendation letters, professional plan, how to fill out forms... And you will get my own successful I-140 petition and adjustment of status package!Here is a summary of the types of evidence Davide used to meet the&nbsp;Matter of Dhanasar&nbsp;requirements:When crafting the proposed endeavor for Davide’s case, he and his lawyers framed it as&nbsp;. These insects are crucial for some areas that are of national importance to the United States, for example&nbsp;agriculture. The US needs experts to understand these creatures that are beneficial for the food industry because they can act as biocontrol on other insects that may harm crops.In addition, study of these bugs is important for tbiodiversity in general. The Federal Government is currently promoting research focused on aspects like&nbsp;environmental protection and conservation, which are tightly related to Davide’s research. Finally, his endeavor also touched on advancing the understanding of evolution, and it’s a&nbsp;STEM initiative&nbsp;that can help the US in the global competition for this sector.In the second prong the focus switches from the endeavor to the person’s qualifications. One needs to prove he or she is the right person to advance that proposed endeavor.&nbsp;USCIS describes in their Policy Manual several ways&nbsp;a petitioner can establish this. Out of those, Davide used:&nbsp;Interestingly,&nbsp;Davide’s attorney did not ask him to include any&nbsp;recommendation letter&nbsp;in his original petition.&nbsp;Usually, we use these letters to reinforce the qualifications of the petitioner, and as validation for certain claims made, including on prong 2 but also on prong 1 to highlight the national importance of the endeavor.&nbsp;Davide received a&nbsp;Request for Evidence (RFE)&nbsp;for all three prongs of the Matter of Dhanasar. On prong 1, USCIS argued that even though his endeavor was of substantial merit, it did not raise to the level of national importance. The officer also challenged prong 2, and because of that, prong 3 was also not admitted.&nbsp;&nbsp;In response to the RFE, the lawyers explained (again) his participation on NSF funded projects and the national interest they had. To elevate the claims on prong 2, Davide submitted updated publication and citation record showing an increase in the count of both of them. He also&nbsp;&nbsp;describing that his citation record was very good for a PhD student. Finally, he wrote an updated&nbsp;personal statement&nbsp;to describe his plans in the United States.Davide had a pretty condensed timeline for his I-140 on EB-2 NIW, considering he did not use Premium Processing:Now, Davide will have to wait until his Priority Date of December 2022 becomes current according to the visa bulletin, so he can file his adjustment of status and complete his green card journey. It’s only a matter of time!Don’t be too scared of RFEs, as they are quite common and you can still get your approval after the responseBe slightly arrogant when writing. This is not the time to be humble, and you need to highlight your achievements to make sure USCIS understand the importance of what you do and why you are the right person to do it.EB2 NIW is doable. This is not an impossible task! Immigration in the US is complex but it is possible to obtain an approval, and after you do, you will think it was not that bad in retrospective.If you are not sure about applying now, start gathering evidence so when you are ready you can pull all the relevant documents to start preparing your petition.These are two very useful resources I offer:

Skip to contentDavide is an Italian entomologist currently completing his PhD studies in a US University. He studied in Europe and did an internship in South Africa. Knowing that his passion was the study of insects, and particularely the study of parasitic wasps, he decided to continue his training with a doctorate degree. While finding funding for his research in the old continent was hard, he came to know about a professor in Florida who was studying the same type of wasps he is passionate about. Davide contacted her future advisor over email and eventually got accepted to the school and...

EB2 NIW Success Story: Davide, an entomologist that went from grad student to green card holder » EB2 NIW Info

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