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 proposed an endeavor aimed at contributing to the social, physical, and mental well-being of youth, which he claimed would create direct and indirect job opportunities.
Field: youth social/physical/mental well-being services · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established
“We previously addressed this assertion, reviewed the record, and detennined the Petitioner's proposed endeavor did not rise to the level of national importance.”
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How the evidence was treated
- motion resubmission · discounted
“the Petitioner's contentions in the current motion to reconsider merely reargue facts and issues we have already considered”
AAO decision text - other · discounted
“he has not complied with the requirements described in Matter of Lozada”
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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
Notable
This decision resolves combined motions to reopen and reconsider rather than re-adjudicating the merits; the Petitioner's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim (against a non-attorney immigration consultant) was rejected for failing to satisfy the Lozada requirements, and the motion to reconsider was dismissed as mere reargument under Matter of O-S-G-. The prior finding that the endeavor lacked national importance was referenced but not independently re-analyzed.
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. 103.5
- INA 203(b)(2)
- Matter of Coelho
- Matter of O-S-G-
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