Dismissed
EB-1A
EB-1A Dismissed — China Legal Research (2015): did not establish eligibility by meeting at least three of
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to demonstrate eligibility by meeting at least three of the ten regulatory criteria. Specifically, the petitioner's graduate scholarship was not found to be a nationally or internationally recognized prize or award for excellence, but rather a grant to support a doctoral scholar. The petitioner did not provide sufficient evidence to establish the scholarship's selection criteria or its recognition beyond the granting institution.
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Lesser Nationally Or Internationally Recognized Prizes Or Awards Original Contributions Of Major Significance Authorship Of Scholarly Articles
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