dismissed EB-2 NIW Case: Microbiology
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to meet the third prong of the national interest waiver test. While the AAO concurred that the petitioner's work in biomedical science was of intrinsic merit and national in scope, it found she did not establish that she would benefit the national interest to a substantially greater degree than a minimally qualified U.S. worker. The decision states that a petitioner must demonstrate a past history of achievement with some degree of influence on the field as a whole, which was not sufficiently proven.
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