NIW by profession — AAO data & evidence guides
Short answer
These are profession-specific EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) guides built from 6,362 real USCIS AAO decisions. Each page maps the recurring denial pattern for that field onto the three-prong Matter of Dhanasar framework, with an evidence checklist drawn from cases that actually cleared review. Pick your profession below.
NIW for software engineers847 AAO decisions · 7.2% appeal approvalNIW for physicians612 AAO decisions · 9.8% appeal approvalNIW for biomedical researchers521 AAO decisions · 10.1% appeal approvalNIW for AI and ML researchers389 AAO decisions · 8.4% appeal approvalNIW for data scientists315 AAO decisions · 5.7% appeal approvalNIW for mechanical and aerospace engineers298 AAO decisions · 6.8% appeal approvalNIW for electrical engineers274 AAO decisions · 6.5% appeal approvalNIW for chemists and materials scientists265 AAO decisions · 8.7% appeal approvalNIW for entrepreneurs and business owners234 AAO decisions · 4.3% appeal approvalNIW for physicists198 AAO decisions · 9.6% appeal approvalNIW for environmental and climate scientists187 AAO decisions · 11.2% appeal approvalNIW for social scientists and psychologists167 AAO decisions · 3.6% appeal approvalNIW for cybersecurity engineers156 AAO decisions · 8.3% appeal approvalNIW for economists and policy researchers143 AAO decisions · 4.9% appeal approvalNIW for mathematicians and statisticians134 AAO decisions · 7.5% appeal approvalNIW for agricultural and food scientists112 AAO decisions · 9.8% appeal approvalNIW for nurses and advanced healthcare providers89 AAO decisions · 13.5% appeal approvalNIW for architects and urban planners76 AAO decisions · 5.3% appeal approval
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