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The petitioner, a financial manager working in Brazil, sought an NIW-based EB-2 petition; her prior appeal was dismissed for failing to establish the national importance of her proposed endeavor.
Field: financial management · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
How the evidence was treated
- other · discounted
“she did not explain why the pandemic caused her to delay filing her motions to reopen past the extended deadline”
AAO decision text
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Notable
This decision is purely procedural: it denies an untimely combined motion to reopen and reconsider without re-examining the merits of the underlying Dhanasar prong-one national-importance finding. The Petitioner's COVID-19-related excuse for the late filing (citing effects on the Brazilian tourism industry, though she worked as a financial manager) was rejected as insufficiently explained and untethered to her own circumstances.
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)(2)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(3)
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