The Petitioner 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 EB-2 classification. See Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) section 203(b )(2), 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b )(2).
The Director of the Texas Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the Petitioner qualified for classification as a member of the professions holding an advanced degree, but that he had not established that a waiver of the required job offer, and thus of the labor certification, would be in the national interest. We summarily dismissed his appeal because the Petitioner did not submit a timely brief or additional evidence specifying any erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact in our summary dismissal. We subsequently dismissed combined motions to reopen and reconsider. 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). 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). Because the scope of a motion is limited to the prior decision, we will only review the latest decision in these proceedings. 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(l)(i), (ii). We may grant motions that satisfy the 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).
In our prior decision, incorporated here by reference, we explained that the Petitioner's appeal was not accompanied by a brief and/or additional evidence, nor was it submitted to the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) within 30 calendar days of filling the appeal, and that the record did not reflect that the AAO received those materials within that period. We acknowledged the Petitioner's contention in his previous motion that he mailed his brief and additional evidence; however, we noted that he had p. 2 incorrectly sent the brief in support of his appeal to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Phoenix Lockbox and not the AAO, as required. As such, we concluded that the Petitioner had not overcome our summary dismissal ofhis appeal and dismissed his combined motions to reopen and reconsider. 1
With the instant motions, the Petitioner provides a brief, again outlining his contention that he meets the requirements for his requested classification, but does not acknowledge our prior decision, or contend that it was erroneous. The scope of a motion is limited to "the prior decision" and "the latest decision in the proceeding." 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(l)(i), (ii). Therefore, we will only consider new evidence to the extent that it pertains to our latest decision dismissing the motion to reopen. Here, the Petitioner has not provided new facts to establish that we erred in dismissing the prior motion to reopen. Because the Petitioner has not established new facts that would warrant reopening of the proceeding, we have no basis to reopen our prior decision. The Petitioner's brief in his current motion merely restates facts and issues we have already considered in our previous decisions. See e.g., Matter ofO-S-G-, 24 I&N Dec. 56, 58 (BIA 2006) ("a motion to reconsider is not a process by which a party may submit, in essence, the same brief presented on appeal and seek reconsideration by generally alleging error in the prior Board decision"). We will not re-adjudicate the petition anew and, therefore, the underlying petition remains denied.
ORDER: The motion to reopen is dismissed.
FURTHER ORDER: The motion to reconsider is dismissed.Job creation or economic claims unsupported