dismissed EB-1A Case: Education
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the beneficiary met at least three of the required evidentiary criteria. The AAO determined that certificates of appreciation for volunteer translation and article contributions did not qualify as nationally recognized awards for excellence. Furthermore, articles that only cited the beneficiary's work in their bibliographies were not considered to be 'published material about the alien' as required by the regulations.
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