Our client, a citizen of Portugal and a Mathematics professor, had been maintaining her H-1B status, but wanted to bypass the labor certification process necessary to secure a green card by pursing a National Interest Waiver. She had obtained her B.S. in chemical engineering, M.S. in mathematics, and Ph.D. in mathematics. Attorney Furqan argued that our client’s presence in the U.S. is in the national interest, specifically her work in applied mathematics, and research in influenza and dynamics of carbon in ecosystems, will help in the areas of infectious diseases, public health, mathematical disease modeling and ecological science. 8 C.FR 204.5(k)(4)(ii). Attorney Furqan further argued that our client was seeking employment in an area that has substantial intrinsic merit, the proposed benefit our client will provide will be national in scope, and that the national interest would be adversely affected if the employer were required to proceed with the labor certification process.
