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The Petitioner intended to work as an information technologist developing new models to advance security and efficiency in data management for the financial services sector, and to eventually run her own consulting firm providing technology solutions to startups and small businesses.
Field: information systems and data management · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — addressed
Director found Petitioner qualified as an advanced degree professional; not disputed.
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Notable
This decision does not adjudicate the Dhanasar prongs on the merits; instead the AAO remands due to the Director's procedural errors—mischaracterizing the endeavor (calling it 'travel'), misidentifying the petitioner's company, referencing unrelated degrees, and raising an occupational-shortage argument the petitioner never made. The AAO withdraws the denial for insufficient explanation under 8 C.F.R. 103.3(a)(i), citing Matter of M-P- on the need for a meaningful appellate review, and expresses no opinion on the ultimate outcome.
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
- Flores v. Garland
What this case teaches
Analyst reading of the decision text.
Director mischaracterized the proposed endeavor and failed to meaningfully analyze record evidence under all three Dhanasar prongs, precluding fair review.
Ensure adjudicators' decisions engage specifically with the endeavor as described in the record; procedural/analytical deficiencies below can force remand regardless of merits.
moderate
national_security · economic_growth_generic
mixed
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