Dismissed
EB-2 NIW
EB-2 NIW Dismissed — Music Education (2014): did not establish the proposed benefit of their work would
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner, a public school music teacher, failed to establish that the proposed benefit of their work would be national in scope. The AAO rejected the petitioner's argument that the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) created a new standard for educators, clarifying that the national importance of education as a field does not automatically grant national scope to the work of a single teacher.
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National Interest Waiver Substantial Intrinsic Merit National In Scope Substantially Greater Degree Than U.S. Worker
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