Sample Reference Letter

This letter recommends Dr. Smith for a National Interest Waiver to attain permanent resident status in the US. It details Dr. Smith's background in innovative research to diagnose complex systems and processes, with applications that could benefit critical industries like nuclear power and waste management, and oil and gas extraction. The author is familiar with Dr. Smith's work from their time at MIT and believes Dr. Smith's expertise would provide great economic value. The letter concludes by firmly supporting Dr. Smith's waiver application.

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Reference Letter:
National Interest Waiver Sample Recommendation Letter
Re: Dr. Smith’s application for National Interest Waiver
Dear USCIS Officer,
I am writing this letter in support of Dr. Smith’s candidacy for “National Interest Waiver” to
attain permanent resident status in the United States. Dr. Smith’s educational background and
professional interests would be a valuable asset to many industries in their effort to diagnose
critical system component failures and subsequently to improve the productivity of complex
systems and processes.
I have a doctorate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For two years, I
worked for TRW Environmental Safety Systems in support of its endeavor to create a safe and
reliable management system for the nation’s high-level nuclear waste. Since I left TRW
Environmental Safety Systems, I have been working for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as
a patent examiner in the area of mechanical/chemical apparatus and processes utilized in oil
and gas industry. I first met Dr. Smith while I was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
and ever since maintained personal contact with him throughout his stay in the United States. I
am familiar with his research and professional interests through our discussions as colleagues at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as frequent personal conversations
afterward.
Dr. Smith’s innovative approach in diagnosing complex systems and processes has far-reaching
implications in various technical fields. Any technical discipline relying on complex inter-
workings of machines and processes can benefit from Dr. Smith’s research. Dr. Smith’s
proposed framework of improving reliability of nuclear power plants could be readily adapted
by any industry striving to improve economic productivity. For example, Dr. Smith’s “Integrated
Method” could greatly improve the reliability of proposed nuclear waste storage facility
through proper sensor networks monitoring the facility’s critical design parameters and
providing continuous diagnostic information which would help avoid undesired operating
conditions. An improved monitoring and diagnostic system could reduce the operating expense
of the proposed nuclear storage facility currently estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars.
Furthermore, the oil industry may benefit tremendously from Dr. Smith’s research contribution.
The extraction of oil involves many interconnected stages ranging drilling, chemical treatment
and pumping operations. Every stage requires extensive knowledge of oil-well characteristics
for economical operations. Dr. Smith’s sensor network could reliably monitor the ever-
changing and sometimes unpredictable characteristics of the earth formation and provide
diagnostic information alerting equipment’s departure from its optimum condition.
Subsequently, the diagnostic information could be fed to a system controller to automatically
maintain the equipment in its optimum operating condition. Dr. Smith’s method could save
economic losses that inevitably accompany work stoppage during oil extraction operations.
The savings are greater especially for an offshore oil extraction operation, which requires a
greater capital commitment and will become more common as the existing in-land oil wells are
depleted.
In addition, Dr. Smith’s research may materialize in the form of an explicit apparatus or method
deserving a patent protection. If a company obtains a patent protection based on Dr. Smith’s
research work, it would possess a significant economic advantage over competitors who are
barred from utilizing the apparatus or method described in the patent for a period up to twenty
years. After the patent protection expires, the public in general benefits because everyone who
wishes to utilize and modify the apparatus or method may do so freely.
Dr. Smith’s research has many applications in various technical disciplines. In addition to his
contribution to improving the reliability of nuclear power plants, his “Integrated Method” may
greatly enhance the efficiency of nuclear waste storage operation as well as oil extraction
operation.
It is my professional opinion that Dr. Smith’s research, professional knowledge and
extraordinary ability place him in the top 5% in the fields of nuclear system operations and
nuclear waste management, fields of critical national importance.
I believe Dr. Smith’s expertise would be of great economic value to all those industries striving
to increase system reliability and productivity. Therefore, I firmly support Dr. Smith’s candidacy
for “National Interest Waiver” to attain permanent resident status in the United States. If you
have any question, please do not hesitate to call me at (123) 123-1234.
Sincerely,
Chi H. Johnson, Sc.D.
Patent Examiner
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office