dismissedJUN172024_04B52032024-06-17 · combined · Nebraska Service Center
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The Petitioner, a teacher, proposed an endeavor related to education, including promoting bilingual and diverse teachers and improving student attendance and outcomes.
Field: education/teaching (bilingual and diverse teachers) · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“We found the Petitioner did not establish the national importance of her proposed endeavor.”
“they did not demonstrate any broader implications of the Petitioner's proposed endeavor at a level of national importance”
“the Petitioner did not provide evidence that her proposed endeavor would positively impact the national economy”
“the record did not show through supporting documentation how her particular services sufficiently extend beyond her prospective students, teachers, or school[s] to impact the field or the U.S. economy more broadly”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“the new Professional Plan and recommendation letter again do not show that her potential endeavor will have broader implications at a level of national importance”
AAO decision text - recommendation letter · discounted
“the new Professional Plan and recommendation letter again do not show that her potential endeavor will have broader implications at a level of national importance”
AAO decision text - motion resubmission · discounted
“The evidence submitted largely repeats what was already included in the record”
AAO decision text - degree · ignored
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
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable
The decision references an evaluation of education/experience but does not substantively discuss it separately; the AAO's footnote cites USCIS Policy Manual D.2 specifically regarding STEM classroom teaching not establishing national importance by itself, applying similar reasoning to this educator's endeavor.
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
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