dismissed EB-1A Case: Music
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to meet the minimum threshold of three evidentiary criteria. The Director had credited the petitioner with meeting two criteria (judging and display), but the AAO found on appeal that the evidence for the 'published material' criterion was deficient. The petitioner did not establish that the articles submitted were from professional or major trade publications or other major media, as the circulation and viewership statistics provided lacked the necessary context to demonstrate their significance.
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