Immigrant visa denial decision reversed after rebuttal

Our client applied her mother from China to the United States. Guangzhou Consulate refused her visa on the ground that the applicant had only about $45,000 household income a year and her mother is 75 years old and she will likely become public charge.

We submitted additional evidence, including analysis of her income and expenses and a letter from potential employer who offered to hire the mother to take care of her child. We also submitted a strong letter stating the relevant law and facts of the case. Immigrant visa was issued in about three months after we submitted our rebuttal.

National interest waiver approved for UC Berkeley researcher

Our client has a PH.D in Forest Science from Oregon State University in 2006 and currently she is a post doctoral researcher in UC Berkeley. She has only one publication in the US and 6 in preparation or submitted. Her research area is transcriptional profiling of transcription factors associated with non-self recognition and programmed cell death. We filed her NIW application in March 2007, and received approval in October, 2007, without request for additional evidence(RFE).