NIW Bearings
dismissedJUN122026_01B52032026-06-12 · combined

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 Beneficiary was to work for a private airline; the decision does not describe the specific proposed endeavor, focusing instead on procedural motion issues.

Field: aviation (private airline employer; specific beneficiary occupation not described) · Read the decision (uscis.gov)

EB-2 threshold — not met

AAO previously withdrew SCOPS' finding that the Beneficiary established exceptional ability; on motion, Petitioner only reargued exceptional ability without new facts, and this remains unestablished.

How the evidence was treated

  • motion resubmission · discounted
    the Petitioner has provided no new facts and documentary evidence, the motion to reopen must be dismissed
    AAO decision text

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Notable

This decision is purely procedural: the AAO dismissed combined motions to reopen and reconsider because the Petitioner presented no new facts (reasserting previously submitted exceptional-ability evidence with claims it 'may have not been clear'), merely reargued issues already decided (invoking Matter of O-S-G-), and critically never addressed the national interest waiver at all in the motion, addressing only exceptional ability. As a result, no NIW prong was substantively analyzed in this decision; the underlying denial stands unreadjudicated.

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. 103.5(a)(1)(i)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(1)(ii)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(2)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
  • 8 C.F.R. 204.5(k)(2)
  • INA 203(b)(2)
  • Matter of Coelho
  • Matter of O-S-G-

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