NIW Bearings
dismissedFEB202026_02B52032026-02-20 · motion_reopen

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 proposed an endeavor of national importance, the specific nature of which is not described in this decision; prior decisions found the endeavor lacked national importance under Matter of Dhanasar.

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How the evidence was treated

  • motion resubmission · discounted
    he submits substantively identical documentation to what was submitted with his most recent motion
    AAO decision text

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Notable

This is a late-stage procedural dismissal with an extensive prior history: SCOPS denial, a combined motion dismissed and appealed, AAO withdrawal and remand, a second SCOPS dismissal, a second AAO appeal dismissal, multiple timeliness-dismissed motions, and two prior motions to reopen dismissed for lack of new facts — making this at least the seventh or eighth AAO/SCOPS action on the same petition. The AAO did not reach the merits of any NIW prong; dismissal was solely on the ground that the Petitioner again submitted substantively identical documentation without new facts. The AAO also noted that evidence submitted after filing the prior motion was rejected as improperly filed under Form I-290B instructions.

What this case teaches

Analyst reading of the decision text.

Decisive factor

This is a procedural motion-to-reopen dismissal: petitioner submitted substantively identical documentation and arguments already rejected, failing the requirement of new facts supported by documentary evidence under 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(2).

Transferable lesson

A motion to reopen must present genuinely new, documented facts capable of changing the outcome; resubmitting prior evidence or arguments will be summarily dismissed.

Endeavor framing

vague

National-importance theory

other

Evidence targeting

person_focused

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