Dismissed
EB-1A
EB-1A Dismissed — Electrical Engineering (2020): the AAO withdrew the Director's finding that the petitioner
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the AAO withdrew the Director's finding that the petitioner met the 'original contributions of major significance' criterion. The AAO concluded that while the petitioner's work was original, the submitted evidence, including letters of recommendation and patent applications, failed to demonstrate that his contributions had a widespread impact or major significance on the field as a whole. Consequently, the petitioner no longer met the required minimum of three evidentiary criteria.
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Judging The Work Of Others Original Contributions Of Major Significance Authorship Of Scholarly Articles
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