dismissedAPR212025_02B52032025-04-21 · combined · Texas 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, a computer scientist seeking a professorship, proposed to conduct research in computer science; he later introduced a plan to establish a consulting company, which the AAO treated as a material change to his endeavor.
Field: computer science · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the Petitioner had not sufficiently explained his proposed endeavor”
“did not demonstrate that the potential prospective impact of the endeavor rises to the level of national importance”
“the evidence does not establish national importance”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · ignored
“we will not address the Petitioner's consulting company any fu1iher.”
AAO decision text - recommendation letter · discounted
- resume experience · discounted
- other · discounted
“the evidence does not establish national importance”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
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Notable
The AAO expressly declined to address the Petitioner's newly-introduced consulting company because it constituted a material change from the originally proposed endeavor. The motion to reconsider failed because the Petitioner disputed the outcome without identifying a specific legal or policy error.
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. 103.5(a)(2)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(4)
- Matter of Coelho
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