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 sought to work as a procurement and import specialist expanding a company's geographical area of operation and diversifying its imported food products.
Field: procurement and import (food industry) · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — not met
The Petitioner did not establish ten years of qualifying full-time experience or recognition for achievements/significant contributions, and thus did not meet three of the six exceptional-ability criteria.
How the evidence was treated
- resume experience · discounted
“The letters purporting to support the Petitioner's work experience in the specialty do not adequately reflect at least ten years of full-time experience.”
AAO decision text - recommendation letter · discounted
“these statements are not supported by any evidence in the record which reflects that these letters represent noteworthy achievements and significant contributions”
AAO decision text - degree · credited
- other · discounted
“the letter was not accompanied with a complete certified English translation as required”
AAO decision text
This record is one of thousands, each coded for the reasons it turned. A placement shows where your profile sits in that record, not what it predicts. See where your profile sits — 90 seconds →
Notable
The AAO resolved the appeal entirely on the threshold exceptional-ability determination (finding the ten-years-experience and recognition criteria unmet), and expressly declined to reach the national interest waiver/Dhanasar analysis as unnecessary, citing INS v. Bagamasbad and 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. 103.2(b)(3)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.3
- 8 C.F.R. 204.5(k)(2)
- 8 C.F.R. 204.5(k)(3)(ii)
- 8 C.F.R. 204.5(k)(3)(iii)
- Kazarian v. USCIS
- Matter of L-A-C-
- Visinscaia v. Beers
Cases in adjacent profiles
- The Petitioner, a mechanical engineer, proposed to advance thermal management solutions for high-power, compact, and rel
- The Petitioner, a senior engineering program manager specializing in electromechanical systems, proposed to advance moto
- The Petitioner proposed to provide innovative solutions to optimize freight and vessel operations in the U.S. shipping i
- The Petitioner, a sales manager, proposed an endeavor in the United States for which he sought an EB-2 national interest
- The Petitioner proposed to lead a nationwide initiative to develop and implement a standardized materials management mod