dismissedMAR172025_01B52032025-03-17 · appeal · Nebraska Service Center
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The Petitioner, a computer systems engineer employed at a large multinational retailer, proposed to develop cloud computing and data architecture solutions to improve data collection, security, fraud prevention, and system reliability for the company's platform.
Field: computer systems engineering / cloud computing and data architecture · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“being employed at a multinational retail company, as a computer systems engineer/architect and project lead whose work involves advanced technologies, is insufficient to establish the national importance of the Petitioner's proposed endeavor”
“the Petitioner has not demonstrated any specific economic impact attributable to his particular role as a computer systems engineer/architect and project lead”
“the evidence does not show that his proposed work stands to offer economic benefits beyond his employers and its third-party sellers”
“the Petitioner has not shown that his endeavor has significant potential to employ U.S. workers, aside from existing workforce”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- other · discounted
“the Petitioner does not offer a sufficiently direct evidentiary tie between his proposed endeavor and the claimed results”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- Employer-specific benefit · p1 — "work furthers my company's product" — value accrues to one firm
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable
The Director found substantial merit was established but national importance was not; AAO agreed the endeavor lacked national importance despite the size and reach of the employer, and declined to reach prongs 2 and 3 as unnecessary.
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
- Matter of L-A-C-
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