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dismissedFEB252025_02B52032025-02-25 · appeal · Texas Service Center

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The Petitioner sought to operate his own company as CEO, providing construction and architectural solutions including production and sale of precast concrete and outdoor flooring materials.

Field: construction/precast concrete manufacturing · Read the decision (uscis.gov)

Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive

“the Petitioner has not demonstrated that his proposed endeavor will bring substantial economic benefit that would rise to the level of national importance.”
“the Petitioner does not provide sufficient detail of the basis of these projections, or adequately explain how these staffing targes and revenue forecasts will be realized.”
“the Petitioner has not demonstrated that his undertaking has implications beyond the companies and clients he elects to work with to impact the U.S. economy on a broad scale rising to the level of national importance.”
“the relevant question is not the importance of the field, industry, or profession in which the individual will work”

AAO decision text

How the evidence was treated

  • business plan · discounted
    “the Petitioner does not provide sufficient detail of the basis of these projections, or adequately explain how these staffing targes and revenue forecasts will be realized.”
    AAO decision text
  • recommendation letter · ignored
  • other · discounted
    “the Petitioner has not adequately established what parameters the SBA considers when it establishes HUBZones.”
    AAO decision text

Where this case turned

  • 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 included an extended footnote questioning whether the Petitioner, as a non-U.S. citizen wholly owning the business, would even be eligible for the HUBZone program he cited in support of national importance.

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
  • INA 203(b)(2)
  • Matter of L-A-C-

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