An agro-industrial engineer self-petitioned for EB-2 classification with a national interest waiver. The AAO found him qualified as an advanced degree professional but denied the waiver. His consulting services to agricultural and manufacturing SMEs lacked the national or global implications necessary to demonstrate national importance under Dhanasar.

An urban and regional planning researcher sought EB-2 classification with a national interest waiver. The AAO found the proposed endeavor had substantial merit but lacked national importance, as it did not demonstrate novel innovation or broader field-wide impact comparable to Dhanasar examples. The first NIW prong failed, and remaining prongs were not reached; the appeal was dismissed.

An airline pilot sought NIW for EB-2 to work as a pilot and flight instructor. The AAO affirmed dismissal because the proposed endeavor lacked national importance; the petitioner conflated the general importance of the aviation industry with a specific, nationally significant undertaking and did not explain how his work would positively impact the economy on a broad scale.

An industrial engineering developer of data models sought EB-2 with national interest waiver. The AAO affirmed denial because his on-the-job research lacked national importance, benefiting only his employer and customers without broader field implications; prior NSF funding does not establish national importance of new proposed endeavor.