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dismissedMAR132024_01B52032024-03-13 · combined · Texas Service Center

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 Petitioner sought to own and operate a small business providing cargo and freight services in Florida.

Field: cargo and freight / logistics · Read the decision (uscis.gov)

Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive

“in determining national importance, the relevant question is not the importance of the industry or profession in which the individual will work”
“the forecasts outlined in the Petitioner's business plan did not establish that the benefits to the regional or national economy would reach the level of "substantial positive economic effects"”
“his proposed endeavor to operate a small business would nationally impact the logistics of the cargo and freight industry or benefit the regional or national economy”

AAO decision text

How the evidence was treated

  • business plan · discounted
    “the forecasts outlined in the Petitioner's business plan did not establish that the benefits to the regional or national economy would reach the level of "substantial positive economic effects"”
    AAO decision text
  • motion resubmission · discounted
    “does not provide new facts supported by documentation that establish the national importance of his proposed endeavor”
    AAO decision text

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
  • Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
  • Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable

This is the third AAO decision in the same case (after an appeal dismissal and a prior motion to reconsider dismissal); the AAO focused heavily on the procedural insufficiency of the motions (no new facts, no legal-error argument) rather than re-analyzing prongs 2 and 3, which remained unreached as in the original appeal decision.

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)(ii)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(2)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
  • 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(4)
  • Flores v. Garland
  • INA 203(b)(2)
  • Matter of Coelho
  • Matter of L-A-C-
  • Matter of O-S-G-

What this case teaches

Analyst reading of the decision text.

Decisive factor

Petitioner repeatedly conflated importance of the cargo/freight industry generally with the national importance of his specific small-business endeavor, and motions presented no new facts or identified legal error, merely repeating prior arguments.

Transferable lesson

On motions, cite specific legal/policy errors and new evidence tied to the endeavor's own scale of national impact; repeating industry-importance arguments will not satisfy Dhanasar prong one or motion standards.

Endeavor framing

vague

National-importance theory

economic_growth_generic · economic_job_creation

Evidence targeting

endeavor_focused

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