Aircraft pilot and entrepreneur seeking NIW for EB-2 exceptional ability classification proposed a pilot staffing company. AAO found substantial merit but no national importance because the endeavor lacked broader impact beyond the company and its clients, with insufficient evidence of economic scale or scope to affect the nation's economy or aviation industry.

An airplane pilot sought EB-2 national interest waiver for a proposed aviation training business in Florida. AAO dismissed the appeal, finding the petitioner failed to demonstrate national importance. The business plan lacked specifics on wages, worker numbers, location, and how the endeavor would have broader implications beyond the aviation industry.

A professional holding an advanced degree sought a national interest waiver of the job offer requirement. The director found the advanced degree qualification met but denied the waiver. The AAO dismissed the appeal because the proposed endeavor was not shown to have national importance, and it reserved the remaining prongs.

An aviation instructor sought EB-2 NIW to teach pilots in the United States. The AAO dismissed the appeal because the petitioner failed to establish national importance of his teaching endeavor. Post-filing claims about founding his own flight school introduced new facts unsupported at time of filing.