AAO agreed the work has substantial merit (protecting data, maintaining the economy, strengthening national defense, addressing cybersecurity shortages) but found the Petitioner did not show national importance. The company's 200+ contracts and projected $4.4M revenues did not demonstrate significant national economic impact, no economically depressed area benefit was shown, and no innovations to the field were established.…
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AAO agreed the work has substantial merit (protecting data, maintaining the economy, strengthening national defense, addressing cybersecurity shortages) but found the Petitioner did not show national importance. The company's 200+ contracts and projected $4.4M revenues did not demonstrate significant national economic impact, no economically depressed area benefit was shown, and no innovations to the field were established. Drawing on Dhanasar itself, AAO noted that even STEM work with substantial merit must also have broad impact to be nationally important.
The Petitioner's business plan projections lacked corroborating evidence and did not sufficiently detail a basis for financial and staffing projections. The industry reports and expert letter focused on the importance of the industry generally rather than the specific prospective impact of the Petitioner's proposed endeavor.…
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The Petitioner's business plan projections lacked corroborating evidence and did not sufficiently detail a basis for financial and staffing projections. The industry reports and expert letter focused on the importance of the industry generally rather than the specific prospective impact of the Petitioner's proposed endeavor. Creating 26 jobs and $7.3M in revenue over five years was not established to rise to the level of national importance.
The Petitioner's engineering title was completed in only three years, not four to five years as the academic evaluation requires for bachelor's equivalency. Combining the engineering title with specialized certificates does not satisfy the regulatory requirement of a single foreign equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree.
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The Petitioner's engineering title was completed in only three years, not four to five years as the academic evaluation requires for bachelor's equivalency. Combining the engineering title with specialized certificates does not satisfy the regulatory requirement of a single foreign equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree.
AAO disagreed with the Director on substantial merit, finding the logistics company falls within business and entrepreneurialism. However, AAO agreed that national importance was not established: the expert letters and research addressed general industry importance rather than the specific company's broader national implications, the business plan's revenue and employment projections were modest and did not show substantial…
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AAO disagreed with the Director on substantial merit, finding the logistics company falls within business and entrepreneurialism. However, AAO agreed that national importance was not established: the expert letters and research addressed general industry importance rather than the specific company's broader national implications, the business plan's revenue and employment projections were modest and did not show substantial positive economic effects at the national level, and the operation of 10 trucks across 19 states was insufficient to demonstrate broad impact.
AAO affirmed that the new evidence did not establish national importance because it largely pertained to post-filing developments, related to prong two (well-positioned) rather than national importance, and the record still lacked documentation showing that teacher shortages and educational inequalities are of national concern or that the Petitioner's model would address them.
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AAO affirmed that the new evidence did not establish national importance because it largely pertained to post-filing developments, related to prong two (well-positioned) rather than national importance, and the record still lacked documentation showing that teacher shortages and educational inequalities are of national concern or that the Petitioner's model would address them.
AAO reserved judgment on the second prong, declining to reach it because the failure to meet the first prong's national importance requirement was dispositive.
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AAO reserved judgment on the second prong, declining to reach it because the failure to meet the first prong's national importance requirement was dispositive.
AAO reserved this prong as unnecessary given the EB-2 eligibility failure, but noted in dicta that the Petitioner had not demonstrated national importance because her proposed endeavor would not sufficiently extend beyond her future employer(s) and clients.
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AAO reserved this prong as unnecessary given the EB-2 eligibility failure, but noted in dicta that the Petitioner had not demonstrated national importance because her proposed endeavor would not sufficiently extend beyond her future employer(s) and clients.