The petitioner, an associate professor of human resources, initially proposed a comparative study of migrant workers' reactions to deceptive recruitment practices, then substituted a different study on workplace substance abuse and school violence in his RFE response.

Prong 1 — national importancenot established · dispositive

“we conclude that he made a material change to the petition and to his eligibility claims”

AAO decision text

Where this case turned

• Material change of endeavor · p1 — the endeavor described on appeal is not the one filed

Notable

Petitioner materially changed the described research endeavor between filing and the RFE response, which the AAO treated as an independent, alternative basis for denial alongside a national-importance shortfall.

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.

• Matter of Izummi
• Matter of Katigbak
• Matter of Y-B-

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