Statistics-included
The endeavor · Prong 1
A vague endeavor does not survive.
Whether the proposed endeavor is specific enough to evaluate is the single variable the panels name.
In the denial record
Endeavor too vague appears in 52.0% of decisions carrying a Prong-1 code.
coded appeal decisions · S48 (n=2,900)
In the sustained decisions
None of the 89 sustained decisions were framed vague; 58% were explicitly specific.
sustained decisions (n=89) · S80
Published approvals
351 of 479 frame a specific endeavor (73%); 6 read as vague (1%).
of a 479-approval stratified sample of law-firm published approvals
Advertised approvals a firm chose to publish — a story is counted where it advances an argument, not where it proved decisive — and never merged with the appeal record.
Work on this with your AI
Copy this prompt, paste it to your AI assistant, and add your draft where marked.
I am preparing an EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition and want you to review a draft against a finding from the public record of NIW decisions. THE FINDING: A vague endeavor does not survive. Whether the proposed endeavor is specific enough to evaluate is the single variable the panels name. YOUR TASK: Judge whether my proposed endeavor is stated as a specific, evaluable undertaking. If any sentence is vague or could describe someone else in my field, flag it and propose a concrete restatement. RULES: Work only from what I paste — do not invent facts about me. Do not predict outcomes or estimate chances. Point to specific sentences and propose concrete rewrites. --- MY DRAFT --- [Paste your draft here]
The prompt asks your AI to review your own draft against this finding — it never predicts an outcome.
Sources & references
Insight vaultInsight vault: Framing the endeavor
Each record describes itself; sustained decisions are the wins inside the appeal record, not a separate population. No figure predicts an individual outcome.