dismissed EB-1A Case: Geotechnical Engineering
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to meet the minimum requirement of three evidentiary criteria out of the ten available. While the Director found the petitioner satisfied the criteria for judging others' work and authorship of scholarly articles, the AAO determined he did not meet additional criteria, such as the one for lesser awards, because the evidence showed the award was not for the petitioner's own work but for a student he tutored, and its national significance was not established.
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