Mr. L majored in data analytics as an undergraduate. After graduating, he focused on consumer data analysis and product development in the food industry and earned a nutritionist certification.

It is widely believed that an NIW requires a graduate degree or higher, but he had only a bachelor's degree plus many years of practical experience.

We relied on the immigration regulations' "advanced degree or its equivalent" provision, using his deep hands-on industry experience to make up for the degree gap. We refined his originally broad future plan into a "smart data + AI analytics platform" and supported it with recommendation letters from industry experts.

Approved with no RFE.