dismissedJUN092021_12B52032021-06-09 · appeal · Nebraska Service Center
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The petitioner, who has a background in dentistry, sought to develop and open a home health care agency providing nutrition-related services to elderly clients.
Field: nutrition / home health care for the elderly · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“The evidence submitted is insufficient to show the petitioner's endeavor has substantial merit because she did not submit a sufficiently detailed description ofher endeavor.”
“the Petitioner must demonstrate the national importance of her providing nutritional and home healthcare services rather than the national importance of good nutrition and home healthcare.”
“the record does not show that the Petitioner's proposed endeavor stands to sufficiently extend beyond her agency or potential clients, to imp act the den tal, nutrition , or home healthcare fie ld or industry or the U.S. economy more broadly”
“Without sufficient information or evidence regarding any projected U.S. economic impact or job creation attributable to her future work, the record does not show that the benefits to the U .S. regional or national economy resulting from the Petitioner's dental, nutrition, or home healthcare services would reach the level of "substantial positive economic effects"”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- other · discounted
“However, counsel did not provide any evidence to support these statistics or statements”
AAO decision text - motion resubmission · discounted
“the Petitioner practically makes the same arguments that she made in response to the Director's NOID without specifically identifying any erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
- Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
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Notable
AAO adopted and affirmed the Director's decision nearly verbatim, citing Matter of P. Singh for the propriety of adopting a lower decision's reasoning; noted petitioner's appeal brief was 'almost verbatim' to her NOID response.
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.
- Chen v. INS
- INA 203(b)(2)
- INA 291
- Poursina v. USCIS
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