NIW Bearings
dismissedFEB052025_01B52032025-02-05 · motion_reconsider · Texas Service Center

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, an industrial and quality engineer, sought EB-2 classification with a national interest waiver based on a proposed engineering endeavor, though the specific nature of the endeavor is not detailed in this motion decision.

Field: industrial and quality engineering · Read the decision (uscis.gov)

Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive

“the Petitioner's vague assertions and disagreement with the Director's assessment of evidence did not establish that our previous decision was based on an incorrect application of law or policy”
“the Director thoroughly evaluated the Petitioner's claims relating to the first prong's national importance element and found that on appeal the Petitioner provided the same information”

AAO decision text

How the evidence was treated

  • motion resubmission · discounted
    “the Petitioner's repetition of the same arguments does not show proper cause for reconsideration”
    AAO decision text

Where this case turned

  • Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
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Notable

This is a second motion to reconsider following a prior appeal dismissal and first motion to reconsider; the AAO's review is limited to its most recent decision and it declines to re-examine the underlying prong 1 merits, treating the petitioner's arguments as impermissible repetition rather than grounds for reconsideration. The decision also references a prior withdrawal of a licensure requirement determination that did not warrant remand.

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(a)(1)(ii)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(4)

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