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EB-2 NIWHealthcare, clinicalIndividualDecided June 2024Dismissed

Outcome: Dismissed

JUN202024_05B5203

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

Our summary

Nurse with foreign bachelor's degree claimed national interest waiver for EB-2. AAO held she did not qualify as advanced degree professional and her nursing audit endeavor lacked national importance because it would not impact the broader nursing field or healthcare industry.

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

What was missing

  • Merit and national importance · Nursing audit work failed to demonstrate national importance; occupational shortages do not establish national importance of specific proposed endeavor.

Criteria

CriterionReadingWhy
Merit and national importanceNot metNursing audit work failed to demonstrate national importance; occupational shortages do not establish national importance of specific proposed endeavor.
Well positionedNot reached / not discussedDecision dispositive on first prong; balance prong not reached.
Balance favors a waiverNot reached / not discussedDecision dispositive on first prong; balance prong not reached.

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