Approved Education & Research visa cases

🇲🇳MongoliaEducation & ResearchRFETimothy Finkenbinder - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Timothy Finkenbinder helped a Mongolian education entrepreneur, who scaled a school network serving 250,000 students, obtain an E-2 treaty investor visa after successfully responding to an RFE. The E-2 was chosen over an O-1 for its more objective criteria, giving him a predictable U.S. foothold, work authorization for his spouse, and time to build an EB-1A Green Card petition.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchNo RFEJurgen G. Negron - Immigration Attorney at Manifest Law

Jurgen Negron helped an Indian professional change from H-1B to F-1 student status with an I-539, filed with premium processing to beat an expiring work visa. The petition combined a personal declaration on his career plans with a family support letter, documenting his ties to his home country and his intent to return after finishing a doctoral business program. Approval came in under a month, leaving time to secure CPT authorization before classes began.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchRFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped an Indian H-4 dependent change her status to F-1 through an I-539 filing, overcoming a gap in evidence of her sponsoring spouse's H-1B compliance. Premium processing was used to meet a tight academic enrollment deadline, and the change of status was approved.

Education & ResearchRFECatlea Bobis - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Catlea Bobis helped a dependent spouse change status to F-1 in time to begin a Fall graduate program, resolving a pending H-4 Change of Status through a timely I-539 filing. The strategy preserved her lawful status throughout the transition despite overlapping pending petitions.

🇯🇴JordanEducation & ResearchNo RFEKyle McLaughlin - Immigration Attorney at Manifest Law

Kyle McLaughlin helped a Jordanian PhD candidate in civil engineering secure an approved F-1 change of status (I-539) from F-2 dependent status. The strategy addressed 90-day timing and preconceived-intent concerns and used premium processing to expedite the determination.

🇨🇳ChinaEducation & ResearchNo RFEJiabin Zhang - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Jiabin Zhang helped a Chinese research scientist secure an approved O-1A visa to work for his own startup in the U.S. The case required careful corporate structuring to establish a valid employer-employee relationship for a founder, and leveraged a strong extraordinary-ability record originally assembled for an EB-1A petition, supported by the required advisory opinion from a professional organization.

🇱🇰Sri LankaEducation & ResearchNo RFEMary Russell - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Mary Russell helped a Sri Lankan graduate researcher secure permanent residence with an approved adjustment of status package. The Green Card filing followed his EB-2 National Interest Waiver petition, which Manifest Law had also prepared, capping a path built on his academic research work.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchRFEGregory Boult - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Gregory Boult helped an Indian researcher working in the U.S. on an H-1B secure an approved EB-1A extraordinary ability petition, allowing her to bypass a years-long visa backlog on her earlier employment-based filing. The case was built on her critical role at a distinguished organization, hundreds of scholarly citations, roughly forty peer-review and judging assignments, and multiple professional memberships and awards. A Request for Evidence was raised and successfully overcome on the way to approval.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchNo RFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped an Indian researcher secure his Green Card through the employer-supported EB-1B outstanding researcher category. After nearly a decade in the employment-based backlog with a long-standing priority date, the EB-1B approval cleared his path to permanent residence. The case moved quickly once documents were gathered, with his employer backing the petition.

🇳🇬NigeriaEducation & ResearchNo RFEGuilherme Castilho Zaia - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Guilherme Zaia helped a Nigerian graduate student change from visitor to F-1 student status so he could begin his master's degree at an Ivy League university. The case navigated a prior consular visa refusal and potential preconceived-intent concerns by documenting a genuine tourist visit, a partial scholarship, and solid financial sponsorship and home-country ties. The approval let him start his program on time without risking a lengthy consular backlog abroad.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchNo RFEPoonam Bhuchar - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Poonam Bhuchar helped an Indian structural engineer specializing in renewable energy continue his U.S. career with the O-1A visa. The case built on his PhD-level expertise in advanced structural design for renewable-energy systems, and leveraged his recently approved extraordinary-ability Green Card petition. Expert recommendation letters and employer sponsorship carried the petition to approval under premium processing.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchRFECatlea Bobis - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Catlea Bobis helped an Indian educator and healthcare professional secure U.S. work authorization through an I-765 application, successfully overcoming a Request for Evidence along the way. As the spouse of a work-visa holder with an approved immigrant petition, the employment authorization opened the door for her to continue her career in special education and caregiving while pursuing further studies in the U.S.

🇪🇸SpainEducation & ResearchNo RFEKristen Castro - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Kristen Castro helped a Spanish dermatologist continue his medical and academic career in the U.S. with the O-1A visa. The case was built on his awards, scholarly publications, judging of others' work, professional memberships, and significant contributions to the treatment of skin disease, supported by press coverage of his work. The approval allowed him to take up a position at a leading academic medical center.

🇬🇧United KingdomEducation & ResearchNo RFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped a British personal development coach and published author keep his U.S. career on track with an O-1 visa amendment. The client runs his own UK-based coaching business and had been engaged to host paid seminars and conferences for U.S. audiences, and the amendment aligned his status with a growing slate of speaking engagements.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchNo RFESonu Lal - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Sonu Lal helped an Indian H-4 spouse keep her U.S. work authorization intact with a timely I-765 EAD renewal. The filing preserved her uninterrupted eligibility to work while she searched for her next role, with the automatic 540-day extension protecting her throughout USCIS processing.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchRFEJason Parker Johnson - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Jason Johnson helped an Indian applicant rescue his EB-1A petition by successfully overcoming a complex "kitchen sink" Request for Evidence that challenged multiple criteria at once. The comprehensive response resulted in approval of the extraordinary-ability petition within two weeks.

🇨🇳ChinaEducation & ResearchNo RFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped a Chinese professor complete her path to permanent residence with an adjustment of status package following her approved EB-1 petition. The underlying case featured her research on healthy aging backed by hundreds of scholarly citations, selective fellowships, leadership roles in national professional associations, extensive peer reviewing, and university press coverage of her work.

🇧🇷BrazilEducation & ResearchRFESang Kim - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Sang Kim helped a Brazilian postdoctoral researcher overcome a complex Request for Evidence and win approval of his EB-1A petition. Building on the two criteria USCIS had already conceded - scholarly publications and peer review - the response leveraged the researcher's 500+ citations and highly specific third-party expert letters to establish his original contributions and sustained impact in his field.

🇬🇷GreeceEducation & ResearchNo RFEValentin Karpenko - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Valentin Karpenko helped a Greek materials scientist continue his research career in the U.S. with the O-1A visa. The case was built on his original contributions to advanced materials research at a leading federal research laboratory, competitive awards, peer review service, and scholarly publications, along with his critical role as a principal investigator. Filed with premium processing, it bridged the client past an expiring H-1B without interrupting his work.

Education & ResearchNo RFECarmiann Cespedes - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Carmiann Cespedes helped an international student married to a U.S. citizen secure a marriage-based Green Card through adjustment of status. The case documented the couple's multi-year relationship with a shared lease, joint utility records, photos, and travel history, carrying the client smoothly from F-1 student status to permanent residence.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchNo RFEJason Parker Johnson - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Jason Johnson helped an Indian project-management executive at a premier U.S. national laboratory win EB-1A approval. The case highlighted his critical role overseeing a flagship national physics facility, management frameworks he developed that were adopted by other national laboratories, roughly 30 judging and review engagements for federal research agencies, a salary well above the 90th percentile for his field, and support letters from laboratory directors across the national research system.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchNo RFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped an Indian professional secure the EB1A extraordinary ability Green Card. The case drew on his strong record of scholarly citations and was further supported by feature coverage in a major international business publication.

Education & ResearchNo RFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped a professor of economics secure H-1B status through his sponsoring university. The case was coordinated directly with the academic employer as a cap-exempt filing and completed under a tight signing deadline so the professor could continue his teaching and research in the U.S.

🇨🇳ChinaEducation & ResearchRFEValentin Karpenko - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Valentin Karpenko helped a Chinese academic researcher overcome a Request for Evidence and change status from J-1 exchange visitor to F-1 student. The response carefully explained why immersive English study in the U.S. was essential to her goals, backed her planned relocation with concrete documentation, and included updated enrollment and fee records from her school. The strategic rewrite of her statement won the approval.

Rebecca Lenetsky helped a Chinese university researcher upgrade from the backlogged EB-2 line to an approved EB-1 petition, accelerating the family's Green Card timeline ahead of her son's college years. The case built on her advanced graduate degrees, a previously approved National Interest Waiver, and strong reference letters from university professors and senior leadership.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchNo RFERozar Kosmaci - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rozar Kosmaci helped an Indian senior scientist win EB-1A approval, opening a faster path to a Green Card than his backlogged employment-based category. The case drew on his peer-reviewed publications with well over a hundred citations, his service as a judge for a startup competition awarding a substantial prize, and his critical, highly compensated role in his field.

Education & ResearchNo RFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped a U.S. citizen bring his fiancee, a teacher he met online, to the United States on a K-1 fiance visa. The couple documented a relationship spanning several years and multiple continents, with in-person visits across Europe and Asia providing strong evidence that the relationship was bona fide.

🇬🇧United KingdomEducation & ResearchNo RFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped a British personal development coach and published author bring his work to U.S. audiences with an O-1A visa. The client, founder of his own UK-based coaching business, had been invited to host paid seminars and conference engagements in the U.S., with more on the horizon. Manifest structured the petition so he could take on these speaking engagements lawfully while continuing to run his company abroad.

Rebecca Lenetsky helped a Chinese advanced-degree researcher accelerate her Green Card through an EB-1 filing with adjustment of status, after years on the slower EB-2 track. Her profile included an earlier approved National Interest Waiver, reference letters from university professors, and work performed under senior military leadership. Speed mattered: a faster Green Card meant better college opportunities for her son.

🇮🇳IndiaEducation & ResearchNo RFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped an Indian academic researcher secure his Green Card through the EB-1 visa. The client was conducting research at a major U.S. university on a cap-exempt H-1B and pursued the EB-1 to gain permanent residency without relying on employer sponsorship, with letters of reference supporting his case.

Education & ResearchRFECarmiann Cespedes - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Carmiann Cespedes helped a doctoral researcher working at the intersection of materials science, machine learning, and AI win approval of his EB-2 National Interest Waiver by successfully overcoming a challenging Request for Evidence. USCIS had questioned his eligibility under the exceptional ability route and the national importance of his proposed work. The response established both prongs, securing approval while he was still completing his PhD.

Simon Craven helped a management professional secure TN status after a prior application, filed with only a bare offer letter, had been denied. The new strategy turned on choosing the right professional category and fully documenting her responsibilities, degrees, and three years of experience running a scholarship and job-placement program.