dismissed EB-2 NIW Case: Music
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to demonstrate that her work as a violin performer and teacher would have a benefit that is national in scope. Although the AAO found her work to have substantial intrinsic merit, it concluded that the impact of giving private lessons to a small number of students was too localized and its benefits were 'so attenuated at the national level as to be negligible.' The petitioner did not establish that her contributions were of such unusual significance to warrant a waiver.
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