Key leads on your case
Afiong Ibio, Esq.
Director and Head of Legal, Nigeria
Efezino Onyeke
Legal Analyst
The self-petitioned pathway for professionals whose proposed work serves a demonstrable U.S. national interest. No employer sponsor. No PERM labour certification.
The NIW allows advanced degree professionals and those with exceptional ability to self-petition for permanent residency without employer sponsorship or PERM labour certification.
The petitioner must demonstrate that their proposed work is in the U.S. national interest — assessed under the three-prong test established in Matter of Dhanasar (2016).
No employer, no PERM, no labour certification.
Same priority date. Single evidence record. Strategic redundancy.
All three prongs must be satisfied.
The Dhanasar three-prong test governs every NIW petition. Burlington Consult maps each prong to your specific evidentiary record.
The most critical single decision in the NIW petition is the proposed endeavour — the specific framework that satisfies all three Dhanasar prongs.
Burlington Consult develops the proposed endeavour from your specific documented record, connecting it to documented U.S. federal priorities. This is not a generic statement — it is a bespoke legal argument.
Errors at the proposed endeavour stage are not correctable by adding stronger evidence later. Burlington stress-tests every framework before drafting begins.
One evidence record. Two pathways. One priority date.
If one petition gets an RFE, the other continues independently.
30 minutes. We'll assess your profile against the Dhanasar framework and identify the strongest field of endeavour.