dismissedMAY212025_02B52032025-05-21 · appeal · Texas Service Center

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, an automotive quality manager, proposed to continue working in high-level leadership roles in quality departments at U.S. automotive manufacturing companies, implementing quality systems, continuous improvement, and lean manufacturing practices.

Field: automotive quality management/quality control engineering · Read the decision (uscis.gov)

Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive

“these letters do not provide specific information concerning the Petitioner's proposed endeavor.”

“the relevant question is not the importance of the field, industry, or profession in which the individual will work, but the specific endeavor”

“The Petitioner's assertions both initially and on appeal broadly describe widespread ambitions, but he has not provided probative evidence”

“the Petitioner has not provided sufficient evidence, such as a business plan, demonstrating how his proposed endeavor can credibly be undertaken”

“Evidence of work experience, however, generally relates not to the national importance of an endeavor... but to the second”

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How the evidence was treated

recommendation letter · discounted
“these letters do not provide specific information concerning the Petitioner's proposed endeavor.”
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other · discounted
“the material itself does not specifically address the Petitioner's proposed endeavor to work in a quality control position”
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resume experience · discounted
“Evidence of work experience, however, generally relates not to the national importance of an endeavor... but to the second”
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business plan · discounted
“the Petitioner has not provided sufficient evidence, such as a business plan, demonstrating how his proposed endeavor can credibly be undertaken”
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Where this case turned

Business plan speculative · p1 — projections without a documented basis or steps
Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
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
Letters conclusory · p1 — letters praise skills in general terms without tracing specific impact

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Notable

AAO explicitly rejects the Petitioner's 'American car culture' and classic-car-restoration argument as conferring national importance, and separately rejects a STEM-field-importance argument, reiterating that field/industry importance is distinct from the specific endeavor's 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.

8 C.F.R. 103.3
Flores v. Garland
Matter of L-A-C-

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