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 decision does not describe the Petitioner's proposed endeavor; the appeal was resolved entirely on a procedural signature defect without reaching the merits of the NIW claim.
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Notable
This decision does not reach any NIW prong analysis. The appeal was dismissed solely because the Form I-140 lacked a valid handwritten/original signature (Petitioner submitted an electronically reproduced signature), which USCIS Policy Manual and 8 C.F.R. 103.2(a)(2) treat as invalidating the filing. The AAO rejected the Petitioner's argument that the Director was required to allow correction of the deficient signature, citing 8 C.F.R. 103.2(a)(7)(ii)(A). No substantive discussion of national importance, well-positioned status, or balancing occurred.
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
- Poursina v. USCIS
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