Before we talk about this amazing case study, success story of one of our clients who obtained
a green card without an employer just based on his background and his amazing innovation.
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with us as we continue to grow and share the knowledge.
And so, I wanted to personally thank you for that because I don't take it for granted.
In this video, I want to talk about an amazing client of mine that just got his green card
using the National Interest Waiver under the EB-2 category.
And this is a category that allows a person to apply for the green card without an employer
as long as they meet certain criteria.
And again, we can link... we've done quite a few videos about the National Interest Waiver
NIW, EB-2.
So, we'll link a video here that explains what it is.
But in this case, I want to talk about that particular situation.
So, this was the case of... let's call him David who is an Israeli national who came
to the United States and was working here on an E-2 visa because he is also a European
national and he was able to start a company here.
He started a bakery.
And in the bakery, he invested some money and he put a lot of innovation into the bakery.
Starting from traditional baking into making it into a gluten free line and a few other
improvements, made the bakery more technologically advanced, which allows him to continue to
excel in his interview.
But what he really wanted is a green card.
And from the E-2, it's virtually impossible, very difficult to get a green card unless
you find an alternative.
And that alternative was the National Interest Waiver.
So, because of his background, and again, I looked at his background, he had a master
degree, few master degrees in science.
So, he's really an accomplished individual.
And I decided that National Interest Waiver is going to be the best way for him to transition
from his current E-2 visa into the green card.
So, what does a national interest waiver require, in a nutshell, in this case?
First of all, we have to show that the person possesses an advanced degree or an exceptional
ability in a particular field.
Second of all, we have to show that the proposed undertaking is in the national interest to
United States.
So in this case, David had already a master degree and a PhD, that actually was going
to be sufficient already and the way he was taking his bakery from... traditional bakery
into something more of a high tech with a system, with using the gluten free system
and everything else that he developed.
We took that and we showed how important it is to live a healthy lifestyle and how this
particular bakery is helping spread the notion and how many people it's been helping.
And so we put all this evidence, we got letters from the city, documents about his background,
how much experience he already had in business from his own country, from Israel before he
came here.
Those are the kind of documents we need.
Letters of experience and support from peers that you work with, people high level in business,
both from Israel and from the US that provided us those documentation.
At least, about 10 of those.
We put all this together in a file.
In addition to all the other evidence, about the education, about the bakery, about the
financial accomplishments, the investment that he put already, and what the company
was able to achieve the past a year and a half.
And all these things were filed with the USCIS and that resulted in approval of the I-140
petition, which is the Immigrant Petition.
And of course, at the same time, we filed his adjustment of status, allowing him and
his whole family to adjust status in the US and get the green card.
So, this is just one example of somebody that had an idea, is already an accomplished person,
and they're able to go straight for the green card without needing to invest half a million
dollars into EB-5 projects or getting a job.
So if you qualify for the national interest waiver, if you have an idea, if you're working
on a project that could benefit the national interest of United States, you can do that
as well.
This is an amazing way, one of my favorite visa categories, EB-2, National Interest Waiver.
And again, David is a happy green card holder right now and he's continuing to expand the
bakery.
They're getting nationwide and creating jobs for hundreds of US citizens as well.
So, that's just one example of a creative way how we're able to get somebody a green
card if you want to... if you like this kind of examples, leave me a comment, we'll share
more success stories with you guys and thanks for watching and we'll see you at our next
video.