The Petitioner intended to continue working as an international financial specialist, providing foreign exchange operations, currency risk management, and fraud prevention services to clients and employers.

Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive

“the record contained insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the prospective impact of his endeavor rises to the level of national importance”

“The Director found that the evidence did not demonstrate the benefit of the Petitioner's endeavor would extend beyond potential clients, employers or business partners”

“a shortage in a particular field does not render the proposed endeavor nationally important under the Dhanasar framework”

“Although the Petitioner discusses the value and importance of international financial services, foreign exchange operations, and fraud prevention and their impact on the U.S. economy, Dhanasar requires us to focus on the "the specific endeavor that the foreign national proposes to undertake," not the importance of the field”

“The record in its totality does not show through supporting documentation how the Petitioner's specific services stand to sufficiently extend beyond his prospective employers or clients”

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How the evidence was treated

• recommendation letter · discounted

  “the record did not contain independent and objective evidence demonstrating the Petitioner's work has potential implications that are of national importance”

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• resume experience · discounted

  “the Petitioner's skills, expertise, and abilities relate to the second prong of the Dhanasar framework”

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• media · ignored

Where this case turned

• Employer-specific benefit · p1 — "work furthers my company's product" — value accrues to one firm
• 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
• Occupational shortage argument rejected · p1 — argues a labor shortage — the labor-certification question, not Dhanasar

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. 103.3
• Flores v. Garland
• Matter of L-A-C-

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