Dismissed
EB-1A
EB-1A Dismissed — Financial Equity Markets Research: did not establish the beneficiary met the claimed criteria
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the beneficiary met the claimed criteria. The purported prizes and awards were determined to be academic honors, internal institutional awards, or research grants, none of which qualified as nationally or internationally recognized prizes for excellence. Additionally, the petitioner failed to provide sufficient primary evidence for many of the claims.
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