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 to operate a business specializing in nationwide long-distance freight hauling and transportation services.
Field: freight hauling and transportation services · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“she did not establish her endeavor of operating a business specializing in nationwide long-distance freight hauling and transportation services would result in broader implications beyond the immediate benefits to her prospective clients at a level commensurate with national importance, or otherwise result in substantial economic effects.”
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How the evidence was treated
- motion resubmission · discounted
“reargue facts and issues we have already considered in our previous decisions”
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Where this case turned
- Economic claims unsupported · p1 — job/revenue projections with no corroborating basis
- Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region
Notable
This is the Petitioner's second motion to reconsider following a prior dismissed appeal and a prior dismissed motion to reconsider; the Petitioner resubmitted the same appeal brief without identifying any legal or factual error in the AAO's latest decision, so the AAO declined to re-adjudicate the underlying petition, citing Matter of O-S-G- for the principle that a motion to reconsider cannot simply resubmit the same brief and generally allege error.
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(a)(1)(i)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(1)(ii)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
- Matter of Coelho
- Matter of O-S-G-
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