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# Petition letter outline: Dr. Lena Sample (fictional)

Form I-140, EB-2 with a request for a National Interest Waiver under *Matter of Dhanasar*, 26 I&N Dec. 884 (AAO 2016).

## Summary
Dr. Lena Sample (fictional), machine learning researcher in Computing, AI & data (Postdoc), seeks classification as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree and a waiver of the job offer requirement.
[TODO: one paragraph telling the whole story: who, what, why it matters, why this person, why waive]

## Step 0: Eligibility for EB-2
- Doctorate [TODO: Exhibit: diploma and transcript] [TODO: Exhibit: credential evaluation]

## Prong 1: The proposed endeavor has substantial merit and national importance
### The proposed endeavor
Develop and validate open-source models that detect sepsis 6 to 12 hours earlier from routine hospital vital signs, and deploy them with partner hospitals in three U.S. states.
### Substantial merit
[TODO: explain the merit of the work in plain words; cite exhibits]
### National importance
- Who benefits: Hospitals and patients across the United States, and clinical researchers who reuse the open models.
- Source: CDC sepsis surveillance report on annual U.S. cases and deaths [TODO: Exhibit number; tie to the specific work]

## Prong 2: The petitioner is well positioned to advance the endeavor
- Education and skills: Doctorate [TODO: Exhibit: diploma and transcript] [TODO: Exhibit: credential evaluation]
- Record of success: 11 publications (5 first-author); 240 citations as of 2026-09-01 [TODO: Exhibits]
- How others use the work: [TODO: adoption, licensing, citing excerpts, deployments]
- Funding and support: [TODO: grants or funding tied to the work, and proof of the petitioner's role]
- Interest from others: [TODO: letters of intent, collaborator or adopter letters]
- Plan for future work: [TODO: written plan for continuing the work in the U.S.]
- Expert letters: 2 independent, 2 from supervisors or collaborators [TODO: Exhibit numbers; each letter names specific contributions]

## Prong 3: On balance, it would benefit the United States to waive the job offer and labor certification
- Labor certification is impractical for this endeavor: [TODO: argument and exhibits]
- The United States benefits from these contributions even if qualified U.S. workers are available: [TODO: decide whether to argue this factor]
- The national interest in the contributions is urgent: [TODO: argument and exhibits]
- Knowledge or skills beyond what labor certification can capture: [TODO: decide whether to argue this factor]

## Conclusion
[TODO: restate the three prongs in one paragraph each, with exhibit references]

## Before filing: objections to pre-empt
_From your evidence-coverage check and past decisions in your field._

- **Degree not shown to be a U.S. advanced degree equivalent**: Your degree is foreign and no credential evaluation is recorded. What has tended to help: A detailed credential evaluation that explains its method, official transcripts and diplomas, and consistency between the evaluation, the CV and the forms.
- **Proposed endeavor too vague**: Your endeavor statement is 176 characters and reads like a job description. What has tended to help: A concrete endeavor statement naming the work, methods, intended outputs, setting and timeline, used identically across the petition, letters and statement.
- **No interest from users, customers or investors**: No interest letters, government letters, grants or funding recorded. What has tended to help: Letters of intent, collaboration agreements, funding, invitations, data-use agreements, and user or adopter letters.
- **Job creation or economic claims unsupported**: raised in 55% of recent decisions in your field.
- **No broader implications shown**: raised in 54% of recent decisions in your field.
- **Did not show the waiver outweighs labor certification**: raised in 29% of recent decisions in your field.
- **Past record does not show influence or success**: raised in 27% of recent decisions in your field.

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