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 intended to work as a coordinator, manager, director, and/or consultant in logistics applied to the mass consumption products industry, aiming to implement technologies like SAP PM and reengineer supply chain methodologies for clients.
Field: logistics and supply chain management · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — addressed
The Director found the Petitioner established eligibility for the underlying EB-2 classification and the AAO agreed.
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the Petitioner must establish the national importance of his proposed endeavor rather than the importance of logistics and supply chain management”
“the Petitioner has not established his proposed endeavor sufficiently extends beyond his future clients to impact the industry or the field more broadly, at a level commensurate with national importance”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
- recommendation letter · discounted
- resume experience · ignored
“those relate to the second prong of the Dhanasar framework, which shifts the focus from the proposed endeavor to the foreign national”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Employer-specific benefit · p1 — "work furthers my company's product" — value accrues to one firm
- Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
Notable
AAO expressly adopted and affirmed the Director's prong-one decision under Matter of Burbano, citing multiple circuit precedents endorsing this practice; a footnote cites Flores v. Garland (5th Cir. 2023) affirming the discretionary nature of NIW adjudications.
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
- Chen v. INS
- Flores v. Garland
- Matter of L-A-C-
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