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MotionNational Interest Waiver · Motion to reopen & reconsider

Accountant and finance manager

Business & finance · decided 2024-09-25 · TSC · SEP252024_08B5203

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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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The decision in brief

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Summary sentence

The Director of the Texas Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the record did not establish that a waiver of the required job offer, and thus of the labor certification, would be in the national interest. See in text

What the AAO decided

  • Upon review, we will dismiss the motion. 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: SEP. 25, 2024 · In Re: 33768970 · Motion on Administrative Appeals Office Decision · Form 1-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers (National Interest Waiver)

    The Petitioner, an accountant and finance manager, 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. § 1153(b)(2). The Director of the Texas Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the record did not establish that a waiver of the required job offer, and thus of the labor certification, would be in the national interest. We dismissed a subsequent appeal and two prior combined motions to reopen and reconsider. The matter is now before us on a third combined motion 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 motion.

    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). 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 ofCoelho, 20 l&N Dec. 464, 473 (BIA 1992) (requiring that new evidence have the potential to change the outcome). On motion to reopen, the Petitioner submits copies of previously submitted and considered evidence, as well as copies of prior decisions in her case. However, the Petitioner does not submit any new evidence and does not assert any new facts supported by documentary evidence that establish eligibility, as required on motion to reopen. See 8 C.F.R. § 103.5(a)(2), (4). As such, her submission does not meet the requirements of a motion to reopen, and her motion must be dismissed. On motion to reconsider, the Petitioner contests the correctness of our prior decision. In support of the motion, the Petitioner relies on an assertion that the prior motion should have been accepted as filed when it was mailed, rather than when received; however, the Petitioner did not identify any incorrect application of relevant law or policy at the time of our prior decision. A motion on an p. 2 unfavorable decision must be filed within 33 calendar days of the date we mailed the decision. 8 C.F.R. §§ 103(a)(l), 103.8(b). The prior unfavorable decision was issued on September 13, 2023, and the motion was not received until November 27, 2023 - 75 days after the decision. The Petitioner did not explain why our dismissal of the untimely-filed motion was incorrect at the time we rendered that decision. As the brief the Petitioner submitted does not meet the above requirements for a motion to reconsider, the motion must be dismissed.

    ORDER: The motion to reopen is dismissed.

    FURTHER ORDER: The motion to reconsider is dismissed.