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Other / unclear · decided 2013-01-29 · TSC · JAN292013_09B5203

Official PDF on uscis.gov

Decided under the old NYSDOT test, replaced by Matter of Dhanasar on Dec 27, 2016. Useful for background only.

How each part of the test was decided

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  • Step 0Eligible for EB-2Not decided

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

The decision in brief

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Summary sentence

The director found that the petitioner qualifies for classification as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree, but that the petitioner has not established that an exemption from the requirement of a job offer would be in the national interest of the United States. See in text

What the AAO decided

Main reasons given

  • The three-paragraph statement on the appeal form consists entirely of language copied directly from an earlier letter from counsel, submitted in response to an April 11, 2012 request for evidence. · The director already addressed the petitioner's response to that notice, and found it insufficient to establish eligibility for the benefit sought. See in text
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Objections found (1)

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  • The director found that the petitioner qualifies for classification as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree, but that the petitioner has not established that an exemption from the requirement of a job offer would be in the national interest of the United States. See in text (p. 2)

Full decision

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Decision header
DATE: JAN 2 9 2013 OFFICE: TEXAS SERVICE CENTER · INRE: Petitioner: · Beneficiary: U.S. Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Scrvict:s Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., MS 2090 Washington, DC. 20529-2090 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services FILE: · PETITION: Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker as a Member of the Professions Holding an Advanced

Degree or an Alien of Exceptional Ability Pursuant to Section 203(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2)

ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER:

INSTRUCTIONS:

Enclosed please 'find the decision of the Administrative Appeals Office in your case. All of the documents related to this matter have been returned to the office that originally decided ypur case. Please he advised that any further inquiry that you might have concerning your case must be made to that office.

If you believe the AAO inappropriately applied the law in reaching its decision, or you have additional information that you wish to have considered, you may file a motion to reconsider or a motion to reopen in accordance with the instructions on Form .I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, with a fee of $630. The specific· requirements for filing such a motion can be found at 8 C.F.R. § 103.5. Do not file any motion directly with the AAO. Please be aware that 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(l)(i) requires a~y motion to be filed within 30 days of the decision that the motion seeks to reconsider or reopen.

Thank you,

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Acting Chief, Administrative Appeals Office www.usds.gov

DISCUSSION: The Director, Texas Service Center, denied the employment-based immigrant visa petition. The matter is now before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) on appeal. The AAO will summarily dismiss the appeal. ·

The petitioner seeks classification under section 203(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(2), as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree. The · petitioner seeks employment as a physician specializing in nephrology. The petitioner asserts that an exemption from the requirement of a job offer, and thus of a labor certification, is in the national interest of the United States. The director found that the petitioner qualifies for classification as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree, but that the petitioner has not established that an exemption from the requirement of a job offer would be in the national interest of the United States.No interest from users, customers or investors An officer to whom an appeal is taken shall summarily dismiss any appeal when the party concerned fails to identify specifically any erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact for the appeal. 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).

On the Form I-290B Notice of Appeal, the petitioner checked a box reading "No supplemental brief and/or additional evidence will be submitted." Therefore, the initial appellate submission constitutes the entire appeal. The petitioner submits no exhibits on appeal except for a copy of the denial notice. The three-paragraph statement on the appeal form consists entirely of language copied directly from an earlier letter from counsel, submitted in response to an April 11, 2012 request for evidence. · The director already addressed the petitioner's response to that notice, and found it insufficient to establish eligibility for the benefit sought. Resubmission of the same statement on appeal adds nothing · of substance to the record. Because all of the appellate language existed prior to the denial notice, it identifies no specific errqr of fact or la,w in the denial notice. The petitioner cannot simply repeat counsel's past assertions without demonstrating that the director, in denying the petition, failed to take those assertions into account.

The petitioner has failed to identify specifically an erroneous conclusion of law or a statement of fact as a basis for the appeal. Therefore, the AAO must summarily dismiss the appeal.

ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.