dismissedAUG242023_01B52032023-08-24 · motion_reopen · Nebraska Service Center
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The Petitioner proposed to work as a historical architect, with work centered on the curation and refurbishment of a permanent exhibition related to Islamic culture and its importance to inter-faith dialogue.
Field: historical architecture / Islamic art and culture · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“we considered teaching activities and concluded that they do not rise to the level of having national importance because they do not impact a field of endeavor more broadly than the immediate effect or influence on the cohort receiving the teaching”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- other · discounted
“their book is not evidence of a new fact”
AAO decision text - recommendation letter · discounted
“They provide generalized assertions of the importance of the Petitioner's work in their field.”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable
This is a fourth-round motion (after appeal and three prior combined motions), all dismissed; AAO applies strict 'new facts' limitation under 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(1) rather than re-analyzing prongs substantively, treating the book and letters as rehashing previously considered evidence.
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
- Matter of Coelho
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