dismissed EB-2 NIW

dismissed EB-2 NIW Case: Automobile Repair

๐Ÿ“… Date unknown ๐Ÿ‘ค Individual ๐Ÿ“‚ Automobile Repair

Decision Summary

The motions to reopen and reconsider were dismissed for procedural reasons. The petitioner failed to demonstrate any legal or factual error in the AAO's prior decision, which had summarily dismissed the initial appeal because the petitioner did not submit a brief to the correct office within the required timeframe.

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Motion To Reopen Motion To Reconsider Timely Filing Of Appeal Brief Matter Of Dhanasar

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U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
Non-Precedent Decision of the
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date: JULY 19, 2024 In Re: 32271596 
Motion on Administrative Appeals Office Decision 
Form 1-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers (National Interest Waiver) 
The Petitioner, an entrepreneur and an automobile repair worker, seeks employment-based second 
preference (EB-2) immigrant classification as an individual of exceptional ability, 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. ยง 1153(b)(2). 
The Director of the Texas Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the Petitioner did not 
qualify for EB-2 classification as an individual of exceptional ability and did not establish that a waiver 
of the required job offer, and thus of the labor certification, would be in the national interest. We 
summarily dismissed the Petitioner 's appeal and dismissed his subsequent combined motions to 
reopen and reconsider. The matter is now before us on second combined motions to reopen and 
reconsider. 
The Petitioner bears the burden of proof 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. 
ยง 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. ยง 103.5(a)(3). Our review on motion is limited to 
reviewing our latest decision. 8 C.F.R. ยง 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). 
In our prior decision, incorporated here by reference, we explained we summarily dismissed the 
Petitioner's appeal because he did not identify any specific legal or factual error in the Director 's 
decision and did not submit his brief and/or additional evidence to us within 30 days of filing the 
appeal as he indicated he would do on his Form I-290B Notice of Appeal or Motion. With his prior 
motions, the Petitioner submitted a mailing label showing he mailed his brief to the filing location for 
the Form I-290B instead of sending it to our office, as the instructions to the Form I-290B direct. 
With his present motions, the Petitioner submits his resume, business plan, and a brief claiming he is 
eligible for and merits the grant of a waiver of the job offer requirement in the national interest under 
the analytical framework of Matter ofDhanasar, 26 I&N Dec. 884, 889 (AAO 2016). The Petitioner 
does not submit any evidence that his brief on appeal was timely filed with our office. The Petitioner 
also does not identify any legal error or misapplication of policy in our prior decisions dismissing his 
appeal and his prior combined motions to reopen and reconsider. 
On motion to reopen, the Petitioner has not submitted evidence establishing any error in our prior 
decision. On motion to reconsider, the Petitioner has not demonstrated that our previous decision was 
based on an incorrect application of law or policy at the time we issued our decision. Therefore, the 
motions will be dismissed. 8 C.F.R. ยง 103.5(a)(4). 
ORDER: The motion to reopen is dismissed. 
FURTHER ORDER: The motion to reconsider is dismissed. 
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