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, a pharmacist, sought an EB-2 advanced degree classification with a national interest waiver, though the specific proposed endeavor is not described in this procedural decision.
Field: pharmacy · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — addressed
Director found Petitioner qualified for classification as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree; this was not in dispute.
How the evidence was treated
- other · ignored
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Notable
This decision does not reach the merits of the NIW petition at all. The AAO remanded because the Petitioner's original RFE response was missing from the record, making it impossible to determine whether the Director considered the full response. The Director was instructed to reconstruct the record and issue a new decision considering the missing RFE materials and the appeal brief.
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)
What this case teaches
Analyst reading of the decision text.
Purely procedural: the Director's record omitted the Petitioner's timely RFE response, making merits review impossible, so AAO remanded for a complete record and new decision.
Ensure the certified administrative record is complete; if RFE responses are missing, appeal on record-completeness grounds to secure remand rather than arguing merits prematurely.
vague
mixed
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