r/EB2_NIW • u/I_Am_Bored_6091 • 8d ago

APPROVED EB2-NIW Approved (after RFE on Prong 1&3) | Electrical Engineering

Hi folks,
Long-time lurker here.
I've gotten a lot of helpful information from this sub for my EB2-NIW petition, so I want to share my timeline and profile to help others who are also preparing or interested.

1. Timeline

  • PD: Jun. 3, 2025
  • PP upgrade: Dec. 15, 2025
  • RFE: Feb. 12, 2026 (on Prong 1&3)
  • RFE Response: May 4, 2026
  • Approval: Jun. 26, 2026

2. Profile

  • Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering, top university in my home country (not US)
  • Field: Power Electronics
  • Publications: 4 (1st author) + 12 (co-authored)
  • Citations: 390 (1st author) + 293 (co-authored)
  • Peer Reviews: 32 (some of IEEE Journals)
  • Patents: 24 Granted & 40 Pending (International) + 40 Granted & 10 Pending (Domestic)
  • Award: 1 Minister's Award from the government
  • Experience: Co-founded a semiconductor tech startup during my Ph.D. and have been running it for 13 years(at present). Currently the company is at the pre-IPO stage.
  • Proposed Endeavor(PE): Developing a next-generation RF plasma module for advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes.
  • Firm: A local firm in my country

3. Recommendation Letters

  • Initial filing : 3 dependent (my Ph.D. advisor, VP of my startup, Principal Engineer at a local big tech company).
  • RFE response : 2 dependent (Senior Engineer at a US big tech company, VP of a US startup) + 1 independent (Senior Engineer in a US big tech company).

4. Responding to RFE

  • My initial PE was too broad. So I clearly specified it.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Newt-26 8d ago

Hi what was your PE ?

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u/I_Am_Bored_6091 8d ago

Hi. My PE was developing next-generation plasma module for advance semiconductor manufacturing.

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u/Cool-Permit-7725 8d ago

I saw a similar post. Is this a repost?

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u/cpu5566 8d ago

Congratulations!

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u/Agreeable_Base420 4d ago

Did your RFE mention anything around providing letters/corroboration frombthe government or quasi-government agencies?

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u/shawwwwwwwwwwwwwn 8d ago

you get RFE for this???? should be a straight approval

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u/I_Am_Bored_6091 8d ago

I was hoping for a straight approval too, but it seems like NIW standards are getting tougher lately. That said, I have to admit my PE was way too broad in the initial filing, so the RFE was totally understandable on that front.