dismissedAPR202021_01B52032021-04-20 · appeal · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner, an accountant, proposed to offer accounting, finance, and taxation expertise to American companies across industries, helping them streamline internal processes and reduce tax burdens, while developing and implementing accounting solutions and tax plans for her served companies.
Field: accounting, finance, and taxation · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — addressed
The Director and AAO agreed the Petitioner qualifies as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree.
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the record does not show that the Petitioner's proposed endeavor stands to sufficiently extend beyond her employer, its clients and those with whom she may share her knowledge”
“the Petitioner has not demonstrated that the specific endeavor she proposes to undertake has significant potential to employ U.S. workers or otherwise offers substantial positive economic effects”
“Without sufficient documentation to support her claims regarding any projected U.S. economic impact attributable to her future work”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- other · discounted
“Without sufficient documentation to support her claims regarding any projected U.S. economic impact attributable to her future work”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- Employer-specific benefit · p1 — "work furthers my company's product" — value accrues to one firm
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable
AAO adopted and affirmed the Director's decision in full (Matter of P. Singh adoption), reaching only Prong 1 and expressly declining to address Prongs 2 and 3 as unnecessary under Bagamasbad/Matter of L-A-C-.
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. 204.5(k)(2)
- Chen v. INS
- INA 203(b)(2)
- Matter of L-A-C-
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