The petitioner, a health promoter, proposed to implement a plan of health-related activities aimed at underserved and rural communities in several states.

Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive

“the Petitioner had not established that her proposed endeavor sufficiently extends beyond her organization and its clientele to impact the industry or the field more broadly, at a level commensurate with national importance”

“the relevant question is not the importance of the industry or profession in which the individual will work; instead, we focus on "the specific endeavor that the foreign national proposes to undertake."”

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How the evidence was treated

• business plan · discounted

  “the evidence does not establish national importance as she has not sufficiently demonstrated how ... her proposed endeavor will have a broader impact on the field”

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• motion resubmission · discounted

  “The Petitioner proceeds to provide the same information she provided in the initial filing and in response to SCOPS' RFE.”

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• other · discounted

  “the evidence does not establish national importance”

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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
• Local, not national scope · p1 — impact confined to clients / a region

Notable

The Petitioner argued the AAO overlooked evidence about a new government initiative and rural/underserved counties in several states, but the AAO found this did not establish national importance beyond restating prior evidence. The motion to reconsider was denied because the Petitioner failed to identify any specific legal or policy error, only asserting generally that the prior decision contained 'factual inaccuracies and mischaracterizations.'

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
• Matter of Coelho

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