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The Petitioner sought to continue her career in the United States as a general and operations manager, drawing on 19 years of claimed expertise in business management.
Field: general and operations management / business · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — not met
Petitioner failed to establish exceptional ability; did not meet at least three of the six regulatory criteria (only satisfied licensing criterion; academic record, experience, membership, and recognition criteria all failed).
How the evidence was treated
- degree · discounted
“The Petitioner has not established that her diploma in real estate relates to her claimed area of exceptional ability”
AAO decision text - resume experience · discounted
“the Petitioner has not provided sufficient evidence showing that she has at least 10 years of full-time experience in the position for which she is being sought”
AAO decision text - certification membership · discounted
“these documents pertain to the respective memberships of two entities and do not establish that Petitioner herself is a member of a professional association”
AAO decision text - recommendation letter · discounted
“none describe specific achievements and significant contributions to an industry or field as a whole”
AAO decision text
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Notable
AAO withdrew the Director's favorable finding on the academic-record criterion (degree-endeavor mismatch: real estate diploma vs. general/operations management occupation), while still dismissing on exceptional-ability grounds overall; declined to reach NIW prongs entirely as threshold eligibility was dispositive, though it noted in dicta that the evidence also would not show national importance.
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.
- Matter of Ho
- Matter of L-A-C-
- Poursina v. USCIS
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