Dismissed
EB-1A
EB-1A Dismissed — Humanitarian Aid (2017): did not establish the beneficiary met the minimum three
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the beneficiary met the minimum three required evidentiary criteria. The AAO found that the submitted awards were local, not nationally or internationally recognized, and were often awarded to the organization, not the beneficiary personally. Furthermore, the submitted published articles were not considered to be from major media and were primarily about the beneficiary's organization rather than about the beneficiary himself.
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