dismissedMAR222023_04B52032023-03-22 · appeal · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner, an economist with a master's degree and AWS certification, sought to run an educational consulting company providing university admission and other services to help Nigerian students study in the United States.
Field: economics / educational consulting · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“Here, the Petitioner also has not shown that his proposed endeavor extends beyond his prospective clients who are narrowly tailored to Nigerian international students.”
“The Petitioner has not offered sufficient evidence linking his educational consulting company to having a broader reach that rises to national importance.”
“they do not support that the educational consulting company's goal of bringing 100 Nigerian international students to the United States has broad implications to merit national importance.”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“they do not support that the educational consulting company's goal of bringing 100 Nigerian international students to the United States has broad implications”
AAO decision text - other · discounted
“these reports and articles bring awareness to possible trends and situational aspects facing Nigerians, they do not support”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable
AAO explicitly withdrew part of the Director's decision, finding substantial merit was established (economic/educational/cultural benefits of international students), but still found national importance element unmet due to the endeavor's narrow focus on Nigerian clients specifically.
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
- Matter of L-A-C-
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