dismissedAPR192024_01B52032024-04-19 · motion_reconsider · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner, a pharmacist, initially proposed to work as a pharmacist in community clinics; she later attempted to add a new endeavor of establishing a medication management business for the elderly using a software application and bracelet device.
Field: pharmacy · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“Because the record did not demonstrate that her work as a pharmacist in community clinics would have broader implications, we determined that she did not establish its national importance.”
“the importance of pharmacists and the pharmaceutical industry does not render the Petitioner's proposed endeavor nationally important.”
“such shortages of qualified workers are directly addressed by the U.S. Department of Labor through the labor certification process.”
“the Petitioner has not established that her initial proposed endeavor to work as a pharmacist in community clinics aims to advance STEM technologies or research as set out in the guidance.”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · ignored
“The Petitioner cannot materially change the proposed endeavor after submitting her petition.”
AAO decision text - motion resubmission · discounted
“The remainder of the Petitioner's motion brief reasserts contentions for the national importance of her proposed endeavor”
AAO decision text - certification membership · ignored
- other · ignored
Where this case turned
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
- Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
- Occupational shortage argument rejected · p1 — argues a labor shortage — the labor-certification question, not Dhanasar
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Notable
AAO refused to consider a materially changed proposed endeavor (new medication-management business/device) first raised in RFE response, invoking Matter of Izummi's prohibition on material changes after filing; motion to reconsider dismissed largely on procedural grounds rather than re-analyzing merits of the new endeavor.
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)(ii)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(4)
- Matter of Izummi
- USCIS Policy Manual F.5(D)(1)
- USCIS Policy Manual F.5(D)(2)
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