Explore the difference between Substantial Merit and National Importance in NIW petitions and how they impact your immigration journey.
Khadija DerrickFebruary 22, 2024
Case study on how can a foreign-trained Ophthalmologist and medical scientist frame their proposed endeavor to maximize their chances for NIW approval.
Khadija DerrickMay 11, 2023
This post overviews the list of evidence USCIS uses when they are evaluating NIW petitions for substantial merit and national importance.
Khadija DerrickMay 8, 2023
An endeavor’s substantial merit may be established without immediate or quantifiable economic impact. To also have national importance, the impact of the specific endeavor itself must be broad enough.
Khadija DerrickJanuary 17, 2023
To maximize the chances of approval of an NIW green card petition, the applicant must take care to identify and present sufficient details on how his or her specific work will “impact the United States at a level commensurate with…
Khadija DerrickNovember 28, 2022
NIW petitioners should propose more than a simple job search, they should present evidence of interest in their specific research or business project.
Khadija DerrickJanuary 20, 2022
Labor shortage in a particular field is not enough to establish national importance. Petitioners must demonstrate spillover effects to industry as a whole beyond one’s immediate employer or clients.
Khadija DerrickJanuary 19, 2022
The National Interest Waiver (NIW) is an employment based green card category. The NIW falls under the EB-2 category, which means that as a threshold requirement, each applicant must have an advanced degree or its equivalent (a bachelor’s degree plus 5…
Marijan PetrovskiFebruary 11, 2021
