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The Beneficiary sought to continue working as an aviation and aeronautics supply chain manager, specializing in aviation deconstruction and recycling, claiming this would provide economic relief to airlines and environmental sustainability benefits.
Field: aviation and aeronautics supply chain management / aviation deconstruction and recycling · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — not met
USCIS found the Beneficiary met three of six exceptional-ability criteria (experience, salary, membership); AAO conducted de novo review and withdrew the salary and membership findings, concluding the Beneficiary met only one criterion (contributions), short of the required three, and thus is ineligible for the underlying EB-2 exceptional ability classification.
How the evidence was treated
- other · discounted
“the printout does not offer sufficient information or details to verify the applicability and accuracy of the stated salary information”
AAO decision text - certification membership · discounted
“the Petitioner has not shown that !STAT and NBAA are professional associations within the meaning of the regulations”
AAO decision text
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Notable
The AAO's decision turned entirely on the threshold exceptional-ability classification (withdrawing USCIS's favorable findings on the salary and membership criteria), finding the Beneficiary met only one of six criteria. Because this was dispositive, the AAO expressly declined to reach the national interest waiver analysis (all three Dhanasar prongs), reserving that issue entirely.
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
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5
- Matter of L-A-C-
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