Dismissed
EB-1A
EB-1A Dismissed — Music (2012): the director correctly determined that the petitioner had
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the director correctly determined that the petitioner had not established the sustained national or international acclaim required for the classification. The AAO found that the petitioner failed to submit qualifying evidence under at least three of the ten regulatory criteria, and noted that the petitioner abandoned the claim for the prizes/awards criterion on appeal.
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Lesser Nationally Or Internationally Recognized Prizes Or Awards
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