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, a computer science professor, proposed to continue research on system software, scheduling algorithms, and wireless sensor network technologies, aimed at commercial software product development in the United States.
Field: computer science · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — addressed
Director had already found Petitioner qualified as an advanced degree professional; not disputed on appeal.
Prong 1 — national importanceestablished
Prong 2 — well positionedestablished
Prong 3 — balance of factorsestablished
How the evidence was treated
- recommendation letter · credited
- citations publications · credited
- patents · credited
- resume experience · credited
- degree · credited
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Notable
Fully favorable decision sustaining the appeal on all three Dhanasar prongs; the underlying text has significant OCR redaction/garbling of technical details, but the AAO's legal reasoning remains clear.
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.
- INA 203(b)(2)
- Poursina v. USCIS
- Section 291 of the Act
What this case teaches
Analyst reading of the decision text.
Independent expert letters and citation/commercialization evidence corroborated that petitioner's specific technical innovations were adopted and built upon broadly across the field, establishing national-scale impact.
Pair a technically specific endeavor description with independent expert corroboration and market/citation data showing field-wide, not just personal, impact to satisfy prong 1 magnitude.
specific
field_advancement · economic_growth_generic · us_competitiveness
mixed
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