How to organize an EB-2 NIW case: I-140 packet, exhibits, and evidence

EB-2 NIW — the EB-2 National Interest Waiver — is an employment-based immigrant petition. Form I-140 is the USCIS form. Labor certification is waived. People search “EB-2 NIW”, “I-140 NIW”, “national interest waiver”, “как собрать кейс NIW”, “организация кейса EB-2”, “вейвер национального интереса”.

The legal argument is one part of the file. The other part is order: an exhibit list, numbered tabs, and documents that match the petition letter. A strong story with a messy packet is still hard to read. DOCROOM organizes the case — the papers, the translations, the index — so the reviewer is not hunting.

What an EB-2 NIW packet usually contains

Form I-140; the petition letter (the written NIW argument); a table of exhibits; the beneficiary’s CV; diplomas, transcripts, and licenses; publication lists and citation reports; patents or conference records where they exist; recommendation letters; evidence of work in the field; and certified English translations of any foreign document. Media, awards, and contracts go in only when they exist on paper — not as a placeholder.

Names, dates, and titles must match across the I-140, the CV, the diplomas, and the letters. A maiden name, a transliteration, or a journal title that does not match the PDF is a delay, not a detail.

How we organize the case

You send what you already have: scans, a CV, a draft petition letter if one exists, recommendation letters, publication PDFs. We build an exhibit list, number the file, complete Form I-140 from the facts you provide, place certified translations next to the originals, and return a packet a reviewer can walk through exhibit by exhibit.

We do not invent publications, citations, or letters that are not in your papers. We do not write a legal theory of “national interest” as counsel. We put the existing evidence in an order USCIS can actually use.

A NIW case is a file, not a pile. The index is the first page a reviewer should see.

Translations, apostille, and documents from abroad

Diplomas and licenses from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and other countries need a complete certified translation. Some employers and evaluators also ask for an apostille. If a transcript or license is still in another country, we can help retrieve it and bring it into the same numbered packet.

This article is about organizing an EB-2 NIW document packet. Whether NIW is the right category, and how the legal argument is framed, depends on your facts and, where needed, licensed counsel. USCIS decides the petition.