sustained EB-2 NIW Case: Cardiology
Decision Summary
The director denied the petition, finding the petitioner had not established that an exemption from the job offer requirement would be in the national interest. The AAO sustained the appeal, determining that the petitioner's work as a researcher has a national scope, distinguishing it from his clinical work which benefits individual patients. The AAO found the petitioner's past record of publications, citations, and influential research justified projections of future benefit to the national interest.
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