NIW Bearings

Healthcare & Clinical Practice — what the record shows

166 coded decisions · read for the reasons cases fail, not to score you

How cases like this are judged

Of the 155 decisions in this profile that reached the merits, here is where each Dhanasar prong was found not established. 11 more never reached the merits and are not counted below.

Prong 1 — national importancenot established in 149 of 153 (97%)

145 of those were the deciding prong.

Prong 2 — well positionednot established in 12 of 13 (92%)

7 of those were the deciding prong.

Prong 3 — balance of factorsnot established in 1 of 2 (50%)
Where cases like this most often fail
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What this profile cannot afford to skip
  • The relevant question is not the importance of the industry or profession in which the individual will work. The endeavor itself must have substantial merit and national importance, distinct from the field's general value.
  • Letters must name your specific endeavor and trace how your work shaped later work. Officers are trained that letters praising skills in general terms do not add value as evidence.
  • Citation counts alone are trained to be insufficient. Officers weigh a qualitative account of why the work matters. Show what the citing papers built on yours, not an h-index screenshot.

The appeal outcomes behind these numbers

Shareable finding
Healthcare & Clinical Practice: economic claims unsupported in 93% of failures
166 coded decisions, 2016-2026 · economic claims unsupported in 142
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Statistics from the coded record (2016–2026). Methodology