dismissedAUG012018_01B52032018-08-01 · appeal · Nebraska Service Center
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The Petitioner, a high school science teacher in rural North Dakota, sought to continue teaching science to students in an educationally underserved area with a shortage of qualified science teachers.
Field: high school science education · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — addressed
AAO found, though not addressed by the Director, that the Petitioner qualifies as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree based on his Master of Arts degree.
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the evidence does not establish that this work offers benefits that extend beyond his school or district to impact the field of education more broadly”
“the Petitioner has not shown that his work as a teacher at will have that level of impact”
AAO decision text
Prong 2 — well positionedestablished
How the evidence was treated
- recommendation letter · credited
- media · discounted
“may have impact at the state and even regional level, but the Petitioner has not shown that his work... will have that level of impact”
AAO decision text - resume experience · credited
- degree · credited
Where this case turned
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable
AAO cites its own footnote in Dhanasar noting that teaching activities generally do not rise to national importance because they do not impact the field more broadly, directly analogizing this case to that precedent's own facts.
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