dismissedAUG102023_08B52032023-08-10 · appeal · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner, an experienced soccer coordinator/coach and match official, proposed to promote soccer in the United States by advising and coaching local soccer academies and teams in Florida, aiming to improve public health by reducing obesity and sedentarism.
Field: sports management / soccer coaching and officiating · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the record does not show through supporting documentation how his proposed endeavor stands to sufficiently extend beyond his prospective athletes or academies and organizations who may utilize his services”
“the Petitioner did not show that his proposed endeavor has significant potential to employ U.S. workers or otherwise offers substantial positive economic effects for our nation”
“the Petitioner must demonstrate the national importance of his specific, proposed endeavor of providing his particular soccer promotion services rather than the importance of "culture, health, and education"”
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
- Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable
The Director's decision contained contradictory findings on whether the Petitioner qualified as an individual of exceptional ability; the AAO declined to remand for clarification since the waiver claim failed independently on prong one national importance grounds.
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.
- Matter of L-A-C-
- Poursina v. USCIS
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