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 continue working as an aircraft maintenance and assembly technician in the United States.
Field: aircraft maintenance and assembly · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — addressed
Director found Petitioner qualified for EB-2 as both advanced degree professional and person of exceptional ability; not reached by AAO on appeal since dispositive on prong 1 waiver ground.
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the evidence did not show that the Petitioner's proposed endeavor (to continue to work as an aircraft maintenance and assembly technician) has national importance and he thus did not meet Dhanasar's first prong.”
“he does not address or contest the Director's specific conclusion and related findings that the evidence of record did not show that his proposed endeavor to continue to work as an aircraft technician in the aircraft maintenance industry has national importance, or otherwise claim or address that it has broader economic or societal implications that would have national or global impact.”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- motion resubmission · discounted
“the record does not contain any new evidence.”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
Notable
AAO deemed the dispositive first-prong national importance issue waived on appeal because the Petitioner failed to contest it, instead only briefing prongs 2 and 3; AAO also addressed and rejected Petitioner's argument that he was prejudiced by a withdrawn RFE.
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 O-R-E-
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