Our client, a citizen of Brazil, was in the U.S. on a J-1 visa. Attorney Furqan Sunny Azhar filed his NIW petition on the basis that his work was in the national interest. He argued that our client’s research in the sources of emissions and the risk of human exposure was particularly important for front-line healthcare workers. USCIS approved the I-140 NIW petition, thus paving the path for his permanent residency application.
