Job creation or economic claims unsupported

What this objection usually means

Projected jobs or revenue must be supported and significant relative to the region. General claims about entrepreneurs creating jobs are not enough.

What has tended to answer it

Realistic projections backed by contracts, investment, hiring records, and regional economic data; explain the scale relative to the area.

General patterns drawn from past decisions, not legal advice for your case. Ask a licensed immigration attorney how this applies to you.

The rule

“assertions regarding the general importance of business owners or entrepreneurs for job creation or other economic benefits would not alone be sufficient to demonstrate national importance in the context of a national interest waiver request.”

USCIS Policy Manual, Vol. 6, Pt. F, Ch. 5(D)(3) (first prong)

Quoted from the USCIS Policy Manual current as of Sept 23, 2026. Check the online manual before filing.

Where it sank the appeal

Recent dismissed appeals raising this objection

• Dismissed2026-08-20Business & finance

  As such, the record does not demonstrate that the prospective benefits to the regional or national economy resulting from the Petitioner's endeavor would reach the level of "substantial positive economic effects" contemplated by the precedent decision.

  Read decision AUG202026_02B5203
• Dismissed2026-08-20Engineering

  As another example, because the copies of publications do not address the Petitioner and the workers the specific endeavor he proposes to undertake would employ, they do not convey how the proposed endeavor may have significant potential to employ U.S. workers.

  Read decision AUG202026_01B5203
• Dismissed2026-08-19Computing, AI & data

  The letters from B-Y-, B-L-, E-C-M-, V-V-, G-B-, C-G-, and A-K-G- do not contain sufficient information and explanation, nor does the record include adequate corroborating evidence, to show that the Beneficiary's specific proposed work offers broader implications in his field or industry or substantial positive economic effects for our nation that rise to the level of national importance.

  Read decision AUG192026_01B5203
• Dismissed2026-08-18Engineering

  However, the Petitioner did not provide sufficient supporting evidence for us to determine that his proposed endeavor could have this intended economic impact.

  Read decision AUG182026_01B5203
• Dismissed2026-08-13Computing, AI & data

  Similarly, while the Petitioner referenced general economic impacts relating to cybersecurity to demonstrate the importance of her proposed endeavor, she has not elaborated on how her intention to provide cloud consultancy services would result in benefits to the regional or national economy that would reach the level of "substantial positive economic effects" contemplated by Matter ofDhanasar.

  Read decision AUG132026_01B5203
• Dismissed2026-08-12Aviation & transport

  He has not explained how his work as an aircraft technician would result in benefits to the regional or national economy that would reach the level of"substantial positive economic effects" contemplated by Matter ofDhanasar.

  Read decision AUG122026_01B5203

Where the petitioner still won or got a remand

Sustained or remanded decisions where this issue was discussed: read them to see what answered it

• Remanded2026-08-11Law & policy

  However, as pointed out by the Petitioner on appeal, USCIS did not correctly and consistently refer to the Petitioner's stated endeavor, but rather questioned "how one independent contractor and distributor ofcookware through a multi-level marketing company, will meet demands, trigger substantial positive economic impacts, or impact the field or society at a level commensurate with national importance."

  Read decision AUG112026_03B5203
• Remanded2026-07-16Engineering

  But here, the Petitioner does not appear to argue his proposed research endeavor's national importance based on its substantial positive economic effects.

  Read decision JUL162026_01B5203
• Remanded2026-02-06Engineering

  Further, the decision states that the Petitioner has not "offered sufficient information and evidence to illustrate the number of individuals his business plans to hire, train and support" and concludes, "[t]here is no evidence to illustrate that the rate of pay he intends to pay his current or prospective employees would have 'substantial positive economic effects' such as revenue or job creation."

  Read decision FEB062026_03B5203
• Remanded2026-01-20Education

  SCOPS should also consider other relevant factors set forth in Matter ofDhanasar, including, but not limited to, whether the Petitioner demonstrated that her endeavor would have the significant potential to employ U.S. workers or other substantial positive economic effects.

  Read decision JAN202026_03B5203
• Remanded2025-12-18Biomedical & life sciences

  SCOPS farther found that because the Petitioner did not provide sufficient information or evidence regarding any projected U.S. economic impact or job creation attributable to the future work, he had not shown that the benefits to the regional or national economy resulting from the proposed endeavor would reach the level of "substantial positive economic effects" contemplated by Dhanasar.

  Read decision DEC182025_05B5203
• Remanded2025-11-25Engineering

  SCOPS found that the Petitioner: ha[s] not established how a single N anofabrication Engineering Specialist will have national or global implications within the field, will have significant potential to employ U.S. workers, will broadly enhance societal welfare or will impact a matter that the government has deemed as having national importance.

  Read decision NOV252025_04B5203