How does professional experience count in the EB-2 NIW evaluation?

In the EB-2 NIW, professional experience is one of the pieces of evidence that support your case: it shows that you have the necessary skills and have already delivered concrete results in your field.

In practice, your professional track record counts in two ways:

• It shows competence and results: relevant projects, leadership positions, and contributions that had real impact.
• It shows consistency: a continuous and evolving history indicates that you will keep contributing independently.

For this experience to count, it needs to be well documented, with letters of recommendation from experts, project records, recognitions, and publications that confirm the reach of your work.

Since the assessment is individual and requirements can change, it is worth aligning how you present your trajectory with a specialist and checking the current guidance with the official source (USCIS).

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