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The Petitioner proposed to work in supply chain management within the oil and gas industry, holding a background in political science and public administration.
Field: supply chain management in the oil and gas industry · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — not met
The Petitioner failed to tie his educational training in political science and public administration to his proposed endeavor of supply chain management, and did not establish that his intended position required an advanced degree.
How the evidence was treated
- degree · discounted
“did not tie his educational training (political science and public administration) to his proposed endeavor of supply chain management”
AAO decision text
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Notable
The threshold EB-2 failure (degree/endeavor mismatch, including rejection of the Petitioner's argument that a 2025 Policy Alert on advanced-degree occupation requirements did not apply retroactively) was one of two independent, alternative dispositive bases for dismissal. The second, extensively analyzed basis was a finding that the Petitioner's and attorney's signatures on the Form I-290B and Form G-28 were invalid electronic/copied signatures rather than original handwritten signatures, rendering the appeal improperly filed. Because threshold eligibility was dispositive, the AAO expressly reserved opinion on all three Dhanasar prongs, citing Patel v. Garland and Matter of G-L-C-.
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. 103.3
- Flores v. Garland
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