AAO Decision Analyzer

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Example answer · EB-2 NIWWhat are the top reasons national importance fails?

In 3,031 AAO decisions where national importance was found not met, the most common reasons were that the economic impact was not shown to be substantial (77.5%) and that the impact stayed with the employer or clients (73.0%).

Impact not substantial77.5%

Limited to employer or clients73.0%

Reports not specific to the endeavor38.1%

“the record does not delineate how the impact … would sufficiently extend beyond his company and its clients”

Decision 2025-0665 · 18 Sep 2025 · opens the PDF at the quoted page

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