dismissedAPR232025_05B52032025-04-23 · combined · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner sought to serve as operations manager of his own event planning and management company based in Florida.
Field: event planning and management · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“These projections do not indicate the Petitioner's company has significant potential to employ U.S. workers as the business plan states there were 149,000 event planner jobs in 2023.”
“These projected profits do not demonstrate substantial positive economic effects in the event services market which the business plan states was valued at $70.3 billion in 2022”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“The Petitioner's business plan does not support his claim.”
AAO decision text - motion resubmission · discounted
“The Petitioner does not articulate how any of the additional evidence establishes his eligibility for EB-2 classification.”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Business plan speculative · p1 — projections without a documented basis or steps
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
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Notable
This is the fifth set of motions filed in this case; prior motions to reopen were dismissed as untimely and a prior combined motion was also dismissed, reflecting an extended procedural history.
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)(1)(i)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(2)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(4)
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