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, an interior design entrepreneur, sought to operate/expand her own interior design business in the United States.
Field: interior design · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive
“We indicated the submitted evidence did not reflect that the Petitioner's proposed endeavor would extend beyond her company and clientele to impact her field more broadly.”
“the provided evidence did not establish that the Petitioner's proposed endeavor would have significant potential to employ U.S. workers or have substantial positive economic effects on the United States”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- motion resubmission · discounted
“the Petitioner submits no new facts or documentary evidence in support of the motion to reopen”
AAO decision text
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 a motions decision following a prior AAO appeal dismissal (not the underlying substantive appeal); the AAO's prong 1 analysis is summarized/incorporated by reference from that earlier decision rather than freshly analyzed here. Petitioner raised a vague, unsupported Fourth Amendment argument that the AAO noted was inapplicable and unexplained.
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
- Matter of L-A-C-
What this case teaches
Analyst reading of the decision text.
Petitioner filed motions without new facts/evidence (fatal to reopening) and failed to identify any legal or factual error in the AAO's prior national-importance analysis (fatal to reconsideration); vague Fourth Amendment claim was unsupported.
Motions must present genuinely new evidence or pinpoint specific legal/factual errors in the prior decision; merely re-arguing the Director's denial or making unsupported constitutional claims will fail.
vague
economic_job_creation · economic_growth_generic
person_focused
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