dismissed EB-1A Case: Plant Biology And Horticulture
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the evidence failed to demonstrate the sustained national or international acclaim required for the classification. The director found that brief citations of the beneficiary's work in treatises published many years prior were insufficient. Additionally, letters of support from the beneficiary's former supervisors and colleagues were not enough by themselves to establish original contributions of major significance, as they did not show the beneficiary had risen to the very top of the field.
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