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 accountant with a degree in public accounting, proposed to provide consulting, training, and professional services in financial control, bookkeeping, and tax compliance to small businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs.
Field: accounting, financial consulting · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
How the evidence was treated
- degree · credited
This record is one of thousands, each coded for the reasons it turned. A placement shows where your profile sits in that record, not what it predicts. See where your profile sits — 90 seconds →
Notable
The remand was granted solely because SCOPS adjudicated the wrong endeavor entirely — analyzing the petition as if the Petitioner were an electrical engineer seeking to research power systems, when she is actually an accountant proposing financial consulting services. The AAO nonetheless observed that the Petitioner's actual endeavor does not appear to meet the Dhanasar three-prong framework, signaling skepticism about the petition's ultimate merits even after a proper analysis. No prong-level failure codes were assigned because the AAO made no substantive findings on the correct endeavor.
What this case teaches
Analyst reading of the decision text.
SCOPS analyzed the wrong endeavor (electrical engineering research) instead of Petitioner's actual endeavor (financial consulting services), rendering the denial procedurally defective and requiring remand.
Ensure the adjudicator's decision addresses the endeavor as actually stated in the record; a mismatched analysis is remandable regardless of underlying merits.
vague
economic_growth_generic
person_focused
Cases in adjacent profiles
- The Petitioner proposed to work as an IT consultant in the United States, providing cybersecurity and digital transforma
- The petitioner proposed to establish his own company providing specialized business consultancy, auditing, and training
- The petitioner proposed to work as a consultant engineer through his own company, specializing in development projects t
- The Petitioner proposed to start a project management consultancy in the United States that would help small and mid-siz
- The Petitioner proposed to establish a legal consultancy in the United States focused on alternative dispute resolution