dismissedJUL212020_03B52032020-07-21 · appeal · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner sought to work as an entrepreneur developing and investing in Florida real estate (residential, commercial, a car wash, and an armored vehicle store), while leveraging his network of Brazilian investors to attract foreign investment.
Field: real estate / entrepreneurship · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“he has not offered sufficient information and evidence to demonstrate that the prospective impact of his proposed endeavor rises to the level of national importance”
“the record does not show that the Petitioner's proposed endeavor stands to sufficiently extend beyond his business and real estate projects to impact or the U.S. economy or real estate market more broadly”
“he has not shown that his companies' future staffing levels, support of local contractors, and volume of real estate investment activity stand to provide substantial economic benefits”
“he has not offered sufficient evidence that the areas where he plans to conduct business and develop real estate are economically depressed”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“he has not offered sufficient information and evidence to demonstrate that the prospective impact of his proposed endeavor rises to the level of national importance”
AAO decision text - contract revenue · discounted
“he has not shown that his companies' future staffing levels, support of local contractors, and volume of real estate investment activity stand to provide substantial economic benefits”
AAO decision text - other · credited
Where this case turned
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable
The record included substantial general economic literature on immigrant entrepreneurship and housing affordability, which the AAO credited as showing the field's substantial merit but found insufficiently tied to the Petitioner's specific endeavor to establish national importance.
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.
- Poursina v. USCIS
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