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MotionNational Interest Waiver · Motion to reopen & reconsider

Lawyer specializing in international taxation

Law & policy · decided 2024-01-05 · TSC · JAN052024_02B5203

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  • Step 0Eligible for EB-2Not decided

    No finding on this in the appeals office's own words.

  • Prong 1Merit and national importanceNot decided

    No finding on this in the appeals office's own words.

  • Prong 2Well positioned to advance itNot decided

    No finding on this in the appeals office's own words.

  • Prong 3Worth waiving the job offerNot decided

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Summary sentence

The Director of the Texas Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the record did not establish the Petitioner merits, as a matter of discretion, a national interest waiver of the job offer requirement, and thus of the labor certification. See in text

What the AAO decided

  • Upon review, we will dismiss the motions. See in text
  • ORDER: The motion to reopen is dismissed. See in text
  • FURTHER ORDER: The motion to reconsider is dismissed. See in text
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    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · Non-Precedent Decision of the Administrative Appeals Office · Date: JAN. 5, 2024 · In Re: 29116829 · Motion on Administrative Appeals Office Decision · Form 1-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers (National Interest Waiver)

    The Petitioner, a lawyer specializing in international taxation, seeks employment-based second preference (EB-2) immigrant classification as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree, as well as a national interest waiver of the job offer requirement attached to this classification. See Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) section 203(b)(2), 8 U.S.C. § l 153(b)(2).

    The Director of the Texas Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the record did not establish the Petitioner merits, as a matter of discretion, a national interest waiver of the job offer requirement, and thus of the labor certification. The Petitioner later filed an appeal that we dismissed. The matter is now before us on combined motions to reopen and reconsider.

    The Petitioner bears the burden ofproof to demonstrate eligibility by a preponderance of the evidence. Matter of Chawathe, 25 I&N Dec. 369, 375-76 (AAO 2010). Upon review, we will dismiss the motions.

    A motion to reopen must state new facts and be supported by documentary evidence. 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(2). Our review on motion is limited to reviewing our latest decision. 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(l)(ii). We may grant motions that satisfy these requirements and demonstrate eligibility for the requested benefit. See Matter of Coelho, 20 I&N Dec. 464, 473 (BIA 1992) (requiring that new evidence have the potential to change the outcome). Here, the Petitioner submits no new facts or documentary evidence in support ofthe motion to reopen. For this reason, the motion to reopen must be dismissed.

    A motion to reconsider must establish that our prior decision was based on an incorrect application of law or policy and that the decision was incorrect based on the evidence in the record of proceedings at the time of the decision. 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(3). Our review on motion is limited to reviewing our latest decision. 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(l)(ii). We may grant motions that satisfy these requirements and demonstrate eligibility for the requested benefit.

    The Petitioner generally alleges that the Director "did not give full consideration to the evidence" and did "not properly analyze[]" it, which "violat[ ed] the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution ... as [the] Petitioner provided timely and proper notice to [the] RFE response." As noted, however, our p. 2 review is limited to reviewing our most recent decision. Here, the Petitioner addresses the Director's prior decision and not our most recent appeal decision, which upon review, carefully considered the submitted evidence.

    Moreover, the Petitioner has not sufficiently articulated what evidence we did not consider, nor has he specifically indicated how we incorrectly applied law or policy in our prior decision. Further, beyond the Petitioner's vague assertion that the Director violated his Fourth Amendment rights, he does not discuss how. 1 For all these reasons, the Petitioner has not established that our prior decision was based on an incorrect application of law or policy based on the evidence in the record of proceedings at the time of our decision. 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(3). As such, the motion to reconsider must be dismissed. 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(4).

    ORDER: The motion to reopen is dismissed.

    FURTHER ORDER: The motion to reconsider is dismissed.