dismissed EB-1A Case: Nuclear Physics
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the director determined the petitioner had not established the sustained national or international acclaim required for an alien of extraordinary ability. The AAO found that the petitioner's evidence for several criteria was insufficient: conference presentations did not constitute 'prizes or awards', membership in the American Physical Society did not require 'outstanding achievements', and serving on a committee to oversee the peer-review of his own paper was not 'judging the work of others'.
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