dismissed EB-1A Case: Engineering
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner did not establish eligibility for at least three of the required evidentiary criteria. The Director initially found the petitioner only met one criterion (authorship of scholarly articles), and the AAO agreed with this assessment upon review. Specifically, the AAO found that a prize from a university-sponsored student 'challenge' did not qualify as a nationally or internationally recognized award for excellence in the petitioner's professional field.
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