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Interim DeCision #1594 • 3Lenzu or STazetiemenrs • In Visa Petition Proceedings A-10904242 - Decided Disfrtiet Director June 8,1986 Since a biologist is a member of the professions within the meaning of section 203(a) (3), Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by P.7s 83-236, a visa petition to accord third preference status to beneficiary, a qualified biologist, may be approved notwithstanding his current employment in the 'United States in a *nonprofessional occupation. '3 • The petitioner, a Clinical Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard University and f)irector of Anaesthesia at the…