Dismissed
EB-1A
EB-1A Dismissed — Cardiology: did not establish sustained national or international
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner did not establish the necessary sustained national or international acclaim. The director and AAO found the evidence submitted for the 'prizes or awards' criterion to be insufficient. Research grants were considered funding for future work, not awards for past excellence, and other honors were deemed either limited to individuals early in their careers, purely local, or internal employer recognition, none of which rise to the level required for this classification.
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Lesser Nationally Or Internationally Recognized Prizes Or Awards Authorship Of Scholarly Articles
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