dismissedNOV182024_08B52032024-11-18 · appeal · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner proposed to establish and operate his own logistics consulting company in California, providing management consulting and training services aimed at increasing the profitability of small and medium-sized businesses.
Field: logistics management consulting · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
EB-2 threshold — addressed
Director found, and AAO did not disturb, that the Petitioner qualifies as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree.
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“The relevant question is not the importance of the field, industry, or profession in which the individual will work”
“The Petitioner nonetheless has not demonstrated that his proposed endeavor will bring substantial economic benefit that would rise to the level of national importance.”
“The Petitioner, however, does not provide sufficient detail of the basis of these projections, or adequately explain how these staffing targes and revenue forecasts will be realized.”
“the Petitioner has not demonstrated that his undertaking has implications beyond the companies and clients he elects to work with to impact the U.S. economy on a broad scale”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“does not provide sufficient detail of the basis of these projections, or adequately explain how these staffing targes and revenue forecasts will be realized”
AAO decision text
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
- Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
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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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