dismissed EB-1A Case: Orthodontics
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish that her contributions were of major significance to the field. While the director found she met three criteria, the AAO disagreed, concluding she only met the criteria for authorship of scholarly articles and judging the work of others. The AAO determined that her research, despite high citation counts in the broader field of clinical medicine, did not have a significant enough impact on her specific field of orthodontics to qualify as a contribution of major significance.
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