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How to Reply the NIW RFE Request for Ability to Serve U.S. National Interest?

Hi William:

I submitted the EB2 National Interest Waiver petition aboiut 4 months ago. Now, I received the Request For Evidence (RFE) notice from USCIS. It asks my "past record of specific prior achievement ", and to prove my "ability to serve the U.S. national interest to a substantially greater extent than the majority of others in the field." Please let me know how to response the RFE request? Thank you very much.

Answer:

For EB2 National Interest Waiver petition, the alien applicant should establish that he or she has a past record of specific prior achievement with some degree of influence on the field as a whole. The petitioner's previous influence on the field as a whole must justify projections of future benefit to the national interest.

Also, the alien applicant should establish his or her ability to serve the U.S. national interest to a substantially greater extent than the majority of others in the field in some capacity, For example, the alien applicant can submit the following supporting documents to meet the requirements:

copies of patents and copyrights;
grant proposals;
peer reviewed articles;
performance evaluations for the last five to ten years;
work that has been evaluated in independent journals;
awards for work in the field.

Any awards for work in the field must be accompanied by a statement from the institution that granted the award, commenting on the number of awards given, the frequency of the award, the criteria for granting the award, and the number of individuals eligible to compete for the award.

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