dismissedJAN212025_07B52032025-01-21 · combined · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner sought to operate a consulting company providing services to other businesses in the field of production engineering.
Field: production engineering · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“The articles may demonstrate the importance of these services for businesses, but the Petitioner has not provided sufficient evidence to show that his specific endeavor would meet the national importance element of the first prong under Dhanasar.”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“we must focus on the Petitioner's particular venture”
AAO decision text - motion resubmission · discounted
“the Petitioner repeats verbatim several of his arguments ... without explaining why we should find these claims any more persuasive than before”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
- Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
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Notable
This is a second combined motion to reopen/reconsider following a prior dismissed appeal and prior dismissed combined motion; AAO's review was limited to its own prior (September 2024) motion decision, not the original Director denial, per 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(1)(ii).
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. 103.5
- Matter of Coelho
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