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dismissed EB-3 Case: Healthcare

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Decision Summary

The motion to reopen was dismissed because the petitioner failed to present new facts supported by documentary evidence. The motion to reconsider was dismissed because the petitioner did not establish that the prior decision was based on an incorrect application of law or policy, instead just disagreeing with the conclusion.

Criteria Discussed

Motion To Reopen Motion To Reconsider Beneficiary'S Qualifications Training And Experience Requirements

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U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
Non-Precedent Decision of the
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date: JUN. 5, 2024 In Re: 28841881 
Motion on Administrative Appeals Office Decision 
Form 1-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker (Other Worker) 
The Petitioner, a pharmaceutical clinical research business, seeks to permanently employ the 
Beneficiary as a nursing assistant. It requests the Beneficiary's classification under the thirdΒ­
preference, immigrant visa category as an "other worker" requiring less than two years of training or 
experience. See Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) section 203(b )(3)(A)(iii), 8 C.F.R. 
Β§ 1153(b)(3)(A)(iii). 
The Director of the Nebraska Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the Petitioner did not 
establish that the Beneficiary met the minimum training and experience requirements stated on the 
ETA Form 9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification (ETA 9089). We dismissed a 
subsequent appeal. The matter is now before us on a combined motion to reopen and motion to 
reconsider. 
On motion, the Petitioner requests that we reconsider the adverse decision and reopen Petitioner's 
Form 1-140 because "the requirement leaves room for interpretation." The Petitioner does not assert 
any errors of law or policy in our appellate decision. Nor does the Petitioner present new facts or 
provide supporting documentary evidence. 
A motion to reopen must state new facts and be supported by documentary evidence. 8 C.F.R. 
Β§ 103.5(a)(2). We do not require the evidence of a "new fact" to have been previously unavailable or 
undiscoverable. Instead, "new facts" are facts that are relevant to the issue(s) raised on motion and 
that have not been previously submitted in the proceeding, which includes the original petition. 
Reasserting previously stated facts or resubmitting previously provided evidence does not constitute 
"new facts." 
Here, the Petitioner presents no new facts supported by documentary evidence. Therefore, we will 
dismiss the motion to reopen. 
A motion to reconsider must establish that our 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. Β§ 103.5(a)(3). 
On motion, the Petitioner asserts that "the evidence clearly points to [the Beneficiary] meeting the 
requirements (literally OR equivalently)." 
In a motion to reconsider we do not consider new objections to the earlier denial. The Petitioner 
cannot use the present filing to make new allegations of error at prior stages of the proceeding. Here, 
the Petitioner alleges the same errors in the Director's decision as it did in its appellate arguments. 
We addressed these arguments in our appellate decision. However, the Petitioner does not identify 
any specific error of law or fact in our prior appeal decision. Nor does the Petitioner assert that our 
prior appeal decision did not follow the regulations and policy guidance. 
The Petitioner has not established proper grounds for reconsideration. The Petitioner cannot meet the 
requirements of a motion to reconsider by broadly disagreeing with our conclusions; the motion must 
demonstrate how we erred as a matter of law or policy. See Matter of O-S-G-, 24 I&N Dec. 56, 58 
(BIA 2006) (finding that a motion to reconsider is not a process by which the party may submit, in 
essence, the same brief and seek reconsideration by generally alleging error in the prior decision). 
In these proceedings, it is the Petitioner's burden to establish eligibility for the requested benefit by a 
preponderance of the evidence. Section 291 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. Β§ 1361. For the reasons discussed 
above, the Petitioner has not shown proper cause for reopening the proceedings or reconsideration of 
our prior decision. Therefore, the Petitioner has not established eligibility for the benefit sought. 
ORDER: The motion to reopen is dismissed. 
FURTHER ORDER: The motion to reconsider is dismissed. 
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