dismissedSEP232025_01B52032025-09-23 · motion_reconsider
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The Petitioner, CEO of an agribusiness company, proposed an endeavor combining consulting services with educational course offerings and knowledge dissemination in agribusiness development.
Field: agribusiness · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“he had not established the national importance of his proposed endeavor”
“the Petitioner had not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate the broader implications of his proposed endeavor commensurate with national importance”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- business plan · discounted
“he does not offer specific detail about how it demonstrates that his proposed endeavor has national importance”
AAO decision text - motion resubmission · discounted
“a motion to reconsider is not a process by which a party may submit, in essence, the same brief presented on appeal”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
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Notable
AAO declined to consider a new business plan submitted with a prior motion to reopen because the Petitioner had already been put on notice via an RFE and given a reasonable opportunity to submit such evidence, citing Matter of Furtado and Matter of Soriano; the motion largely reargued prior claims without demonstrating legal or factual 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. 103.2(b)(1)
- 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)
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5(a)(4)
- Matter of Coelho
- Matter of Izummi
- Matter of Katigbak
- Matter of O-S-G-
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