dismissedJUN072021_02B52032021-06-07 · appeal · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner sought to grow a multimodal logistics consulting business in the U.S., providing logistics solutions to companies doing business abroad and attracting foreign investment to create additional U.S. businesses in the logistics industry.
Field: logistics/supply chain management consulting · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — addressed
Director and AAO agreed Petitioner qualified as an advanced degree professional based on bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience and a one-year graduate certificate.
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the record does not show that the Petitioner's proposed endeavor stands to sufficiently extend beyond his company and clientele to impact his field or the U.S. economy more broadly”
“the record contains no similar documentation or evidence demonstrating that his logistics solutions will have a positive effect on the regional or national economy”
“there is insufficient evidence that such solutions will extend beyond the Petitioner's immediate clients to substantially benefit the supply chain management industry”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“his business plan and proposed operations appear to rely primarily on retaining clients in need of specific solutions”
AAO decision text - contract revenue · discounted
“the record contains no similar documentation or evidence demonstrating that his logistics solutions will have a positive effect on the regional or national economy”
AAO decision text - recommendation letter · discounted
“there is insufficient evidence that such solutions will extend beyond the Petitioner's immediate clients”
AAO decision text - degree · credited
Where this case turned
- Business plan speculative · p1 — projections without a documented basis or steps
- 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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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)
- INA 291
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