NIW appeals after a Notice of Intent to Deny
139 of 3,701 NIW appeals decided under Matter of Dhanasar record that USCIS issued a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) before denying the petition. Here is where they struggled and the objections the appeals office raised most often.
Every appeal here was a petition USCIS had already denied, so these numbers show where denied petitions struggled, not anyone's chance of approval. Tags are matched automatically from the decision text.
Appeals
139
decided on the merits
Sustained
1
0.7%: the petitioner won
Remanded
26
18.7%: sent back to USCIS
Dismissed
112
80.6%: the denial stood
Objections raised most often
Share of these 139 appeals. Open one for what it means and what has answered it.
- 52%72 appeals
- 37%51 appeals
- 24%34 appeals
- 24%33 appeals
- 21%29 appeals
- 18%25 appeals
- 16%22 appeals
- 14%20 appeals
Which part of the test was not met
An appeal can fail more than one; many stop at the first
- 19%27 appeals
- 56%78 appeals
- 11%15 appeals
- 5%7 appeals
Appeals per year
Occupations in these appeals
As the decisions describe them
Recent appeals
- 2026-08-11DismissedIndependent contractorTrades & servicesNot metProng 1
- 2026-07-07DismissedEntomology professorEducationNot metProng 1Prong 2Prong 3
- 2026-06-17DismissedMedical doctorClinical & healthNot metProng 1
- 2026-05-27DismissedChief engineerEngineeringNot metProng 2
- 2026-04-23DismissedEvent planner and entrepreneurBusiness & financeNot metStep 0
- 2026-03-16DismissedSoftware engineerComputing, AI & dataNot metProng 1
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General patterns from past decisions, not legal advice. A licensed immigration attorney can tell you how the law applies to your case.