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dismissedAPR092025_03B52032025-04-09 · combined · Nebraska Service Center

This is an AAO appeal decision — a case denied once and appealed. It shows how the framework is applied; it is not the filing population.

The Petitioner, describing herself as an 'achiever' in the field of 'Finance Manager,' proposed a business/finance-related endeavor whose specifics remained largely undefined across eight rounds of appeal and motions.

Field: finance / business management · Read the decision (uscis.gov)

Prong 1 — national importancenot established

“None of these are new facts supported by evidence that demonstrate her eligibility under the first prong of the analytical framework”
“How well a Petitioner is positioned to advance their proposed endeavor is a consideration under the second prong of the Dhanasar analytical framework.”

AAO decision text

How the evidence was treated

  • motion resubmission · discounted
    “it does not support reopening of the matter before us because it is not supported by evidence”
    AAO decision text
  • resume experience · discounted
    “it would not demonstrate her eligibility at the time of filing as it occurred after the time of filing”
    AAO decision text

Where this case turned

  • NEW prong conflation error · p1
  • Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
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Notable

This is the eighth motion in the same proceeding (following the original denial, appeal, and seven prior motions), and the AAO's tone is notably terse, quoting the Petitioner's self-description as an 'achiever' who reads the BBC's economy section 'almost every day' as evidence offered (and rejected) in support of eligibility. The decision is almost entirely procedural (motion standards under 8 C.F.R. 103.5), with only passing substantive engagement on Dhanasar prong 1 to correct the Petitioner's conflation of prong 1 and prong 2 concepts.

Authorities this decision leans on

From the doctrinal survivor set — 187 authority tests across 47 distinct authorities cleared the differential-lift gates. Only those appear here.

  • 8 C.F.R. 103.2(b)(1)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(1)(i)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(1)(ii)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(2)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
  • Matter of Coelho
  • Matter of O-S-G-

What this case teaches

Analyst reading of the decision text.

Decisive factor

This was the eighth motion; petitioner offered no new evidence predating filing and misapplied prong-2 considerations to prong 1, failing to show legal error in the prior decision.

Transferable lesson

Post-filing developments and personal-quality narratives cannot substitute for evidence of national importance at time of filing; keep prongs analytically distinct.

Endeavor framing

vague

Evidence targeting

person_focused

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