dismissedMAY022023_03B52032023-05-02 · appeal · Nebraska Service Center
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The petitioner, a computer network manager, proposed to continue working in the U.S. IT industry, providing network management services to businesses and disseminating his knowledge to other professionals in the field.
Field: computer network management · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the proposed endeavor appears to benefit the Petitioner's employer and its clients; however, it does not appear to have broader implications or substantial positive economic effects”
“the record does not establish with specific, probative information how the Petitioner's computer network management endeavor would have broader implications beyond his employer's and its clients' profit”
“the record does not establish with probative information the types ofjobs his endeavor may create, the number of workers his endeavor may cause to be employed”
“the referenced generalized articles do not identify the Petitioner or his proposed endeavor, nor do they address how the specific proposed endeavor may have national importance”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- resume experience · discounted
“material to the second Dhanasar prong ... but immaterial to the first Dhanasar prong”
AAO decision text - other · discounted
“The referenced generalized articles do not identify the Petitioner or his proposed endeavor”
AAO decision text - business plan · discounted
“the record does not establish how the Petitioner would disseminate his knowledge”
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
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
- Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
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Notable
AAO specifically rejected the petitioner's reliance on USCIS's STEM-specific NIW policy guidance, clarifying that STEM field status alone does not establish national importance and the endeavor must still show impact on the field more broadly.
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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