Dr.NIW User Manual
Notes: For comprehensive information regarding the National Interest Waiver (NIW) petition, please consult our detailed tutorial resources available at: https://help.quickfiling.us/en/collections/9412651-niw
Dr.NIW is an AI immigration specialist focused on National Interest Waiver petitions. It acts as your attorney — reading your evidence, analyzing your case, making strategic decisions, and producing a complete, ready-to-file petition package including the petition letter, index of exhibits, filled government forms, and a compiled PDF. You provide the evidence; Dr.NIW handles the legal strategy, drafting, research, and assembly.
How It Works
Dr.NIW follows a structured workflow from your first document upload to a filed-ready PDF. You don't need to know immigration law or follow a checklist — Dr.NIW tells you exactly what to do next at every step.
Upload CV → Build Evidence → Case Strategy → Draft Petition Letter → Assemble & File
Every session, Dr.NIW reads your workspace first before responding. It never asks questions that can be answered from your documents.
Getting Started
Upload your CV first.
Drag and drop your CV into the chat. That's all Dr.NIW needs to begin. It will immediately read your CV, identify your field and career stage, and generate a personalized evidence checklist specific to your profile.
Do not try to organize or categorize files yourself — Dr.NIW handles that automatically.
Then follow Dr.NIW's instructions.
After each upload, Dr.NIW tells you the single most important thing to add next. When you have enough evidence to move forward, it proceeds automatically — it does not wait for your permission.
Evidence: What to Upload
Dr.NIW works with 14 evidence categories. You don't need evidence in every category — Dr.NIW will tell you which ones matter for your specific case.
Category Personal Information | Examples CV, passport, I-94, diplomas |
Publications & Citations | Papers, patents, Google Scholar export |
Awards & Honors | Award certificates, letters of recognition |
Funding & Grants | NSF/NIH/DOE award notices, grant amounts |
Media Coverage | Press articles, blog posts, interviews |
Judging & Reviewing | Peer review invitation emails, review reports |
Memberships | Professional association memberships, licenses |
Presentations | Invited talk confirmations, conference programs |
Adoptions & Implementations | Emails from organizations using your work |
Financial Documents | W-2s, pay stubs (for high salary evidence) |
Employment | Verification letters, org charts, leadership roles |
Reputation & Prestige | Conference rankings, journal impact factors |
Other Supporting Materials | Anything that doesn't fit above |
Tip: Upload PDFs when possible. Emails can be printed to PDF. Screenshots work but PDFs are better.
The Workflow
Phase 1 — Evidence Collection
Upload your documents one at a time or in batches. After each upload, Dr.NIW updates your evidence checklist and tells you what's still missing. The minimum required to proceed: CV + publications/citations + employment verification.
Phase 2 — Case Review & Strategy
Dr.NIW assesses your evidence against NIW standards and produces a frank evaluation — what's strong, what's weak, what's blocking. It then creates a case strategy document covering:
How to frame your proposed endeavor
Which of the three Dhanasar prongs are strongest
Which recommenders to target
Phase 3 — Reputation Research
Dr.NIW automatically searches for reputation data on your conferences, journals, institutions, and grants (acceptance rates, impact factors, rankings, award selectivity). You don't need to do this research yourself.
Phase 4 — Proposed Endeavor & Future Plans
Dr.NIW drafts your proposed endeavor statement and future plans from your documents — without asking you to describe your work first. It self-reviews and revises the draft before showing it to you. You review the final version and provide any corrections.
Phase 5 — National Importance & Substantial Merit Research
Dr.NIW searches for government policy documents (NSF strategic plans, White House fact sheets, Congressional reports) that establish your field as a U.S. national priority. These become citable exhibits in your petition.
Phase 6 — Recommendation Letters
Dr.NIW identifies the best recommenders from your CV and proposes a slate of 5. For each confirmed recommender, it drafts the full letter — including quantitative analysis, evidence review statements, and Dhanasar-prong alignment. You review and refine.
Phase 7 — Petition Letter
Dr.NIW drafts all 8 sections of the NIW petition letter in order:
Introduction
Legal Standard (Dhanasar framework)
EB-2 Advanced Degree Qualification
Proposed Endeavor 5A. Substantial Merit and National Importance 5B. National Importance (detailed)
Well-Positioned (your qualifications)
On-Balance Test (why waiver is warranted)
Conclusion
Each section is independently reviewed and revised before you see it.
Phase 8 — Pre-Submission Review
Before assembling the final package, Dr.NIW runs a full RFE-risk scan across all petition sections simultaneously — catching cross-section issues that per-section review cannot see. It checks:
Coherence: Do the three prongs tell a consistent story, or do sections repeat or contradict each other?
Denial patterns: Field fallacy, employer-bound impact, vague policy alignment, missing prospective bridge
Evidence allocation: Any exhibit over-used as primary evidence across multiple sections
National importance deep review: If filing is imminent or there was a prior RFE, 5 parallel reviewers analyze Section 5B
You receive a report rated LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH RFE risk, with CRITICAL issues (must fix) and WARNINGS (should fix). Dr.NIW revises all CRITICAL issues before proceeding.
Phase 9 — Assembly & Filing Package
Dr.NIW assembles everything into a single assembled.pdf:
Cover letter
Payment authorization forms (G-1450 or G-1650)
Form G-1145
Form I-140
ETA Form 9089 (if applicable)
Petition letter with table of contents
Index of exhibits
All exhibits in order
The PDF is ready to print and mail.
Working with Dr.NIW
Do this
Upload what you have, not what you think is perfect. Dr.NIW will tell you if something is missing or weak.
Answer Dr.NIW's questions directly. It asks focused questions — one or two at most — only when it genuinely can't infer from your documents.
Upload recommendation letters as soon as confirmed. Don't wait until the end.
Review the proposed endeavor carefully. This section defines your entire case. If it doesn't sound like you, say so.
Don't do this
Don't reorganize your files. Dr.NIW organizes everything. Moving files around can break citation links.
Don't edit the Index of Exhibits manually. It is auto-generated. Any manual edits will be overwritten.
Don't upload the same document twice under different names. Dr.NIW deduplicates by content, but duplicates slow things down.
Don't ask Dr.NIW to use placeholder data. Every claim in your petition must be backed by an actual document.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does the full process take? With all evidence ready, Dr.NIW can generate a complete petition letter in one session. Evidence collection depends on how quickly you can gather documents — plan for 1–2 weeks to collect everything.
Can I come back later? Yes. Dr.NIW reads your workspace at the start of every session and picks up exactly where you left off.
What if I get an RFE? Upload the RFE document. Dr.NIW will read it, identify which prongs USCIS challenged, tell you exactly what additional evidence to gather, revise the affected sections, and reassemble the response package.
Can I edit the petition letter sections directly? Yes. The sections are saved as text files in your workspace. You can edit them, and Dr.NIW will incorporate your changes. However, do not edit the Index of Exhibits directly.
What if I don't have evidence in a category? That's fine. Dr.NIW will tell you which gaps are critical (blocking) vs. nice-to-have. Many strong petitions don't have evidence in every category.
Is my data private? Yes. Each workspace is isolated. Your documents are stored in your workspace only and are not shared with other users.
Tips of Using Dr. NIW
Uploads
One-by-one:
Batch upload: Upload multiple files at once (even zip files!)
URLs: Paste links to patents, news articles in the chat window- system downloads them automatically
by Email: You may have many evidences buried deeply in your email box. No worries, just forward them to <workspace_id>@mail.quickfiling.us. Our system automatically saves to your workspace.
Where to find your workspace id?
your workspace email address will be [email protected]
Forward email one by one
forward emails in bulk as attachments.
What happens after each upload:
System automatically categorizes your document
Analyzes prestigious entities (conferences, journals, awards)
May automatically search online for reputation evidence
Shows progress: ✅ (complete), 📁 (in progress), ⏳ (pending)
⭐⭐ ⭐ Citation Analysis⭐ ⭐ ⭐
If you already have published papers, follow the steps below to perform a citation analysis:
From the navigation menu, click “Citation Analysis.”
2. A list of available workspaces will appear. Choose the workspace where you would like to save your analysis results.
3. If this is your first time using the feature and you have not yet linked your Google Scholar profile, you will be prompted to enter your Google Scholar URL.
If you do not have a Google Scholar profile, please create one before proceeding.
4. Click Here for detailed citation analysis user guide.
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