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Your work serves the national interest. Now prove it.
The NIW standard rewards professionals whose contributions go beyond their employer or institution. The Starter Kit gives you the diagnostic, the workbook, and the letter framework to structure your impact into a petition USCIS can evaluate clearly.
- NIW Eligibility Diagnostic
- Case Mapping Workbook
- Petition-Ready Recommendation Letter Generator
Takes less than 1 minute. No credit card required.
Broad by design. Easy to get wrong.
The NIW standard is broad by design, and that breadth is what makes it powerful. But most NIW candidates have done meaningful, significant work and still struggle. The challenge is not whether it qualifies. It is knowing how to frame it in terms USCIS looks for: substantial merit, national importance, and a clear argument for why the waiver serves the public interest.
Framing is where strong cases get lost.
Three tools. Built around the NIW three-prong test.
Three guided tools built around clarity, structure, and the NIW framework.
NIW Eligibility Diagnostic
Answer 10 questions mapped to the Dhanasar three-prong framework and get a detailed eligibility report.
NIW Case Mapping Workbook
A structured workbook that helps you build the national interest argument criterion by criterion, so nothing critical gets missed.
Immigration CV Generator
Transform your resume into a 2-page immigration CV structured around NIW criteria and your contributions.
Processing note: Some USCIS cases may undergo additional review steps under current policy. Read Update →
Built for professionals whose work has impact beyond themselves.
The Starter Kit is built for individuals whose work contributes to national interests in science, technology, innovation, public health, economics, security, education, and related fields.
Ideal For:
- •Researchers and academics
- •Engineers and technical professionals
- •Founders and entrepreneurs
- •Physicians, scientists, and public health leaders
- •Innovators in emerging industries
- •Professionals driving regional or national economic value
Why these tools are free.
Many qualified NIW candidates never file because they cannot see clearly how their work maps to the standard.
These tools exist to close that gap. Once you understand how your contributions read through the NIW framework, the path forward becomes concrete.
That clarity is the first thing we give you, at no cost.
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Stanford University
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