Dismissed
EB-2 NIW
EB-2 NIW Dismissed — Medicine: did not establish the proposed benefit of their work would
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that the proposed benefit of their work would be national in scope. Although the petitioner had a notable research history, the AAO affirmed the director's finding that the intended role as Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine would provide primarily local, rather than national, benefits.
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Advanced Degree Professional Substantial Intrinsic Merit National Scope Serving National Interest To A Substantially Greater Degree Than A U.S. Worker
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