Dismissed
EB-2 NIW
EB-2 NIW Dismissed — Education (2006): the petitioner's primary argument was a local shortage of
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner's primary argument was a local shortage of qualified math teachers, which is an issue the labor certification process is designed to address, not grounds for a national interest waiver. The petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary's impact as a single schoolteacher would be national in scope, as required by the controlling precedent in Matter of New York State Dept. of Transportation.
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Employment In An Area Of Substantial Intrinsic Merit Proposed Benefit Will Be National In Scope Alien Will Serve The National Interest To A Substantially Greater Degree Than An Available U.S. Worker
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