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EB-2 NIWHealthcare, clinicalIndividualDecided April 2024Dismissed

Outcome: Dismissed

APR192024_03B5203

Merit and national importanceNot metWell positionedNot reached / not discussedBalance favors a waiverNot reached / not discussed

Our summary

Entrepreneur in aesthetic and cosmetic nursing seeking NIW for EB-2. Claimed her proposed clinic would have national importance and benefit U.S. healthcare. AAO held endeavor lacks national importance because it benefits only her clinic patients, not the field broadly, and business plan lacks sufficient evidence of broader impact.

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No criterion in the table was found met in this decision.

What was missing

  • Merit and national importance · Proposed clinic would benefit only her patients, not impact field of aesthetic cosmetic nursing broadly

Criteria

CriterionReadingWhy
Merit and national importanceNot metProposed clinic would benefit only her patients, not impact field of aesthetic cosmetic nursing broadly
Well positionedNot reached / not discussedNot reached because first prong fails; decision reserves this issue
Balance favors a waiverNot reached / not discussedNot reached because first prong fails; decision reserves this issue

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