EB-2-National Interest Waivers

Our Attorneys have helped scientists, educators and other professionals achieve Self-Sponsorship without a Labor Certification or current immigration job offer.

Aliens may seek a waiver of a job offer and the labor certification process, when their admission to the U.S. is in the ‘national interest’. The “national interest” test requires proof of the following:

• Improving the economy;
• Improving wages and working conditions of United States workers;
• Improving education and training programs for United States children and under qualified workers;
• Improving health care;
• Providing more affordable housing for young and/or older, poorer U.S. citizens;
• Improving the U.S. environment and making more productive use of U.S. resources; or
• A request from an interested United States governmental agency.

This list is not exhaustive. The national interest waiver has applied to a variety of fields and positions and a thorough analysis of new and old case law becomes relevant to interpretation of the rules and the national interest.