Green Card Approval Case Study: EB-2 NIW Biomedical Engineer from Colombia Becomes a U.S. Permanent Resident 

After the initial filing, USCIS issued an RFE, wanting a clearer understanding of the proposed endeavor and the nature of its impact. “In responding to the RFE, we addressed the officer’s questions regarding how she would benefit the U.S. economically and from an employment perspective,”Attorney DeLucia noted. He also emphasized the response’s focus on the broader contributions she brings to the field, particularly her impact on improving how medical equipment is maintained and verified in real healthcare environments and on strengthening biomedical engineering practices and healthcare systems overall.  

Attorney De Lucia approached the response with two key goals. First, he directly addressed the economic and job-related questions raised in the RFE, including whether the petitioner’s proposed services would support U.S. job creation through business growth and whether her work would produce measurable economic benefit in the United States. Second, clearly articulate why the petitioner’s work met the national importance standard based on its impact within biomedical engineering and healthcare systems. Our legal team’s goal was to answer the officer’s questions thoroughly while showing how her work met the national importance requirement under the EB-2 NIW standard. 

USCIS approved the EB-2 National Interest Waiver I-140 petition, which is a major milestone on the path to a U.S. green card. The approval came within three months of the RFE response and without premium processing. For a case that required additional clarification under the national importance standard, the timeline reflected a well-structured submission that addressed the officer’s concerns directly. 

After the EB-2 NIW I-140 approval and once visa availability opened, the case moved forward with the filing of an employment-based AOS application. Immigration Attorney Villagran guided this stage of the process, preparing and submitting the I-485 application with supporting documentation to USCIS. The filing allowed the client to remain in the United States while her green card application was pending.  

From I-140 approval through final green card issuance, the case demonstrates how case management at each stage of the employment-based immigration process leads to a smooth and successful outcome.  

Our client officially became a lawful permanent resident of the United States. This green card approval means she can now live and work permanently in the U.S., travel more freely, and build her career without visa restrictions. It is a major life milestone and a successful conclusion to her EB-2 NIW process.  

With lawful permanent residency, our client can move forward with the work described in her model plan for future activities. Her goal is to provide specialized metrology and maintenance services to medical institutions and testing and calibration laboratories in the United States. Her work focuses on strengthening technical processes and compliance systems, managing biomedical equipment under recognized quality standards, improving or building calibration and testing programs, and verifying that devices operate within acceptable performance ranges so diagnostic results remain reliable for patient care.  

 This green card approval gives her the long-term stability to expand her work in the United States and make a lasting contribution to healthcare systems nationwide.