The Petitioner proposes to establish a trucking business management and consulting services firm in Florida, offering customized solutions to streamline operations, reduce costs, and boost profit through digital transformation and technological adoption.

Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive

“the Petitioner does not explain how her proposed endeavor would offer benefits extending beyond her clients to impact the transportation field more broadly.”

“the Petitioner has not established the extent to which her proposed endeavor's strategies in, for example, modernizing administrative systems, optimizing logistics planning, and adopting new technologies differ from or improves upon those already available”

“merely working in an important field or profession is insufficient to establish the national importance of the proposed endeavor.”

“the relevant question is not the importance of the field, industry, or profession in which the individual will work”

“the Petitioner has not submitted supporting evidence to demonstrate the specific endeavor she proposes to undertake has significant potential to employ U.S. workers”

“the letter does not contain sufficient information and explanation of the Petitioner's proposed endeavor, nor does the record include adequate corroborating evidence”

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How the evidence was treated

• business plan · discounted

  “the Petitioner does not explain how her proposed endeavor would offer benefits extending beyond her clients to impact the transportation field more broadly.”

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• recommendation letter · discounted

  “the letter does not contain sufficient information and explanation of the Petitioner's proposed endeavor, nor does the record include adequate corroborating evidence”

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• recommendation letter · discounted

  “the letters of recommendation add little probative value in establishing the Petitioner's eligibility under Dhanasar's first prong.”

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• degree · credited

Where this case turned

• 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
• Letters conclusory · p1 — letters praise skills in general terms without tracing specific impact
• Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region

Notable

SCOPS had already conceded both EB-2 threshold eligibility and substantial merit under prong 1; the sole contested issue on appeal was national importance. The AAO specifically noted that alignment with the Biden-Harris Administration's Trucking Action Plan does not by itself establish national importance, illustrating the field-importance-conflated-with-endeavor failure. P2 and P3 were expressly reserved without analysis.

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