dismissed EB-1A Case: Forestry Science
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to demonstrate they met the required minimum of three out of ten evidentiary criteria. While the Director acknowledged the petitioner met the criteria for scholarly articles and judging the work of others, the AAO found the petitioner did not establish the criterion for original contributions of major significance. The AAO concluded that high citation counts for published articles, without further evidence of how those contributions have specifically influenced the field, were insufficient to meet this standard.
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