dismissedMAY172023_01B52032023-05-17 · appeal · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner, an architect, proposed to work on healthcare facility design and hurricane-resistant/disaster-resilient architecture in Florida, including consulting services to other architects on building codes.
Field: architecture · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“the Petitioner has not sufficiently articulated what her proposed endeavor in the United States would be”
“the record does not show that the Petitioner' s proposed endeavor stands to sufficiently would extend beyond her clientele”
“The Petitioner does not establish the benefits to the regional or national economy that would result from her undertaking”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“because the Petitioner has not submitted a clear proposed endeavor, we cannot conclude that it would have national importance”
AAO decision text - recommendation letter · discounted
- other · discounted
Where this case turned
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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Notable
The Director found the endeavor's description shifted substantially between initial filing and RFE response (e.g., adding healthcare architecture specialization and COVID-19/disaster-resilience focus with a new employer), which AAO cited as evidence the endeavor was not clearly articulated.
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 Ho
- Matter of L-A-C-
- Poursina v. USCIS
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