dismissedAUG292024_03B52032024-08-29 · appeal · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner proposed to found and lead an accounting outsourcing firm providing accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll, and ITIN registration services to American companies, initially in Florida and expanding to Alabama and Mississippi.
Field: accounting/tax preparation services · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the record does not establish how the potential prospective impact of the proposed endeavor may have the type of broader implications indicative of national importance”
“Without more information than a mere number of abstract workers in some unspecified location(s), the record does not establish the significance of that hypothetical job creation.”
“the record establishes that the proposed endeavor would provide routine accounting services that would benefit the generalized "American companies" that may be the accounting services company's clients and customers.”
“she does not elaborate on appeal how the proposed endeavor aligns with those initiatives or how such an alignment would demonstrate the proposed endeavor's importance”
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How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“the record does not establish how the specific proposed endeavor would operate on such a large scale to create jobs and revenues”
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Where this case turned
- Business plan speculative · p1 — projections without a documented basis or steps
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- 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 AAO focused heavily on the lack of detail regarding indirect job creation (nature, location, wages) and criticized the Petitioner's vague appellate assertions about alignment with SBA/Commerce Department initiatives without evidentiary support. The decision explicitly reserved judgment on prongs 2 and 3, resolving the case entirely on prong 1.
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
- INA 203(b)(2)
- Matter of L-A-C-
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