Denial-reason pattern
Proposed Endeavor Specificity
USCIS raised proposed endeavor specificity as a reason for denial in 334 of 2369 EB-2 NIW decisions in this archive (14%).
How USCIS actually phrased it
The most common ways this shows up in decisions, grouped from the AAO’s own wording (real phrases, not paraphrased):
- “inconsistent proposed endeavor”10×
- “vague proposed endeavor”9×
- “insufficient description of proposed endeavor”6×
- “evidence not specific to proposed endeavor”6×
- “lack of specificity of proposed endeavor”6×
- “proposed endeavor not specific”6×
- “insufficient detail on proposed endeavor”6×
- “proposed endeavor not specific enough”5×
Recent decisions discussing this
- electrical and computer engineering →DISMISSED2026-04-22
- alternative dispute resolution →DISMISSED2026-04-22
- computer science and engineering →DISMISSED2026-04-15
- supply and trade →DISMISSED2026-04-07
- statistics and machine learning in biomedical science →DISMISSED2026-04-02
- artificial intelligence and machine learning →DISMISSED2026-04-02
What this statistic doesn’t mean
This archive only contains petitions that were denied and then appealed to the AAO. This count describes that selection-biased set, not the odds that any individual petition — including yours — will be denied over this issue. It is not an eligibility assessment.
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