NIW Bearings
dismissedFEB252025_08B52032025-02-25 · motion_reopen · 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, a nurse, sought an NIW-based EB-2 petition; on this fourth motion she highlighted new employment and accomplishments at a company along with additional nurse training program information.

Field: nursing · Read the decision (uscis.gov)

How the evidence was treated

  • resume experience · discounted
    the Petitioner has not provided new facts to establish that we erred in dismissing the prior motion
    AAO decision text
  • motion resubmission · discounted
    the Petitioner has not stated new facts or submitted additional evidence to establish that we erred in dismissing our prior motions
    AAO decision text

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Notable

This is a fourth motion to reopen following an earlier appeal dismissal and combined motion dismissal; the AAO did not re-adjudicate or substantively address any NIW prong, instead finding the Petitioner failed to state new facts under 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(2) sufficient to warrant reopening. The scope-of-motion limitation (8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(1)(i)-(ii)) confined review to the latest prior decision only.

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. 103.2(b)(12)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(1)(i)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(1)(ii)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(2)
  • Matter of Coelho
  • Matter of Izummi
  • Matter of Katigbak

What this case teaches

Analyst reading of the decision text.

Decisive factor

Fourth motion to reopen failed because the new evidence (new employer, employment verification letter, training details) post-dated filing and did not constitute new facts showing error in the prior dismissal.

Transferable lesson

Motions to reopen must present new facts bearing on the prior decision's specific errors; post-filing job changes cannot cure a petition's original eligibility deficiencies.

Endeavor framing

vague

Evidence targeting

person_focused

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