dismissed EB-1A Case: Plant Biology And Horticulture
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner did not establish the sustained national or international acclaim required for the classification. Evidence of published material about the beneficiary, consisting of a few citations in treatises published many years prior, was deemed insufficient to demonstrate sustained acclaim. Furthermore, letters of support, many from former supervisors and colleagues, were not sufficient to prove original contributions of major significance at the very top of the field.
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