dismissedJUL082021_01B52032021-07-08 · appeal · Nebraska Service Center
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The Petitioner, a financial manager, proposed to advise clients on financial investments, asset and wealth portfolio management, attracting foreign direct investment, and identifying global investment opportunities to enhance cross-border financial activities in the U.S.
Field: financial management/consulting · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the relevant question is not the importance of the industry or profession in which the individual will work”
“we find the record does not show that the Petitioner's proposed endeavor stands to sufficiently extend beyond his immediate employer and clientele”
“he has not demonstrated that the specific endeavor he proposes to undertake has significant potential to employ U.S. workers”
“there is a high demand of professionals in my field”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- resume experience · discounted
“are considerations under Dhanasar's second prong, which shifts the focus from the proposed endeavor to the foreign national”
AAO decision text - other · discounted
“the relevant question is not the importance of the industry or profession in which the individual will work”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
- Occupational shortage argument rejected · p1 — argues a labor shortage — the labor-certification question, not Dhanasar
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Notable
AAO explicitly noted the dismissal rested on the first prong alone as an 'independent and alternate basis,' declining to reach prongs 2 and 3.
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.
- INA 203(b)(2)
- Poursina v. USCIS
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