dismissed EB-1A

dismissed EB-1A Case: Sciences

๐Ÿ“… Date unknown ๐Ÿ‘ค Individual ๐Ÿ“‚ Sciences

Decision Summary

The appeal was summarily dismissed because the petitioner failed to identify any specific erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact in the director's decision, as required by regulation. The petitioner did not address the director's findings and failed to submit sufficient additional evidence to establish eligibility.

Criteria Discussed

Prizes Or Awards Membership In Associations Published Material About The Alien Judge Of The Work Of Others Original Contributions Authorship Of Scholarly Articles Artistic Exhibitions Or Showcases Leading Or Critical Role High Salary Commercial Successes

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
Office ofAdministrative Appeals MS 2090 
Washington, DC 20529-2090 
U. S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
PUBLIC COPY 
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Office: NEBRASKA SERVICE CENTER Date: JUL 1 4 2009 
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LIN 07 151 51551 
IN RE: 
PETITION: 
 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker as an Alien of Extraordinary Ability Pursuant to 
Section 203(b)(l)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. $ 1153(b)(l)(A) 
ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER: 
SELF-REPRESENTED 
INSTRUCTIONS: 
This is the decision of the Administrative Appeals Office in your case. All documents have been returned 
to the office that originally decided your case. Any further inquiry must be made to that office. 
If you believe the law was inappropriately applied or you have additional information that you wish to 
have considered, you may file a motion to reconsider or a motion to reopen. Please refer to 8 C.F.R. 
$ 103.5 for the specific requirements. All motions must be submitted to the office that originally decided 
your case by filing a Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal or Motion, with a fee of $585. Any motion must be 
filed within 30 days of the decision that the motion seeks to reconsider or reopen, as required by 8 C.F.R. 
$ 103.5(a)(l)(i). 
Wyi'llc 
/I John F. Grissom 
r~ctin~ Chief, Administrative Appeals Office 
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DISCUSSION: The employment-based immigrant visa petition was denied by the Director, 
Nebraska Service Center. The petition is now before the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) 
on appeal. The appeal will be summarily dismissed. 
The petitioner seeks classification as an employment-based immigrant pursuant to section 
203(b)(l)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act), 8 U.S.C. ยง 1 153(b)(l)(A), as an 
alien of extraordinary ability in the sciences. The director determined the petitioner had not 
established the sustained national or international acclaim necessary to qualify for classification 
as an alien of extraordinary ability. 
Section 203(b) of the Act states, in pertinent part, that: 
(1) Priority Workers. - Visas shall first be made available . . . to qualified 
immigrants who are aliens described in any of the following subparagraphs (A) 
through (C): 
(A) Aliens with Extraordinary Ability. - An alien is described in this 
subparagraph if - 
(i) the alien has extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, 
business, or athletics which has been demonstrated by sustained national 
or international acclaim and whose achievements have been recognized 
in the field through extensive documentation, 
(ii) the alien seeks to enter the United States to continue work in the area 
of extraordinary ability, and 
(iii) the alien's entry to the United States will substantially benefit 
prospectively the United States. 
This petition, filed on April 27, 2007, seeks to classify the petitioner as an alien with 
extraordinary ability as a researcher. The regulation at 8 C.F.R. !j 204.5(h)(3) provides: 
(3) Initial evidence. A petition for an alien of extraordinary ability must be accompanied 
by evidence that the alien has sustained national or international acclaim and that his or 
her achievements have been recognized in the field of expertise. Such evidence shall 
include evidence of a one-time achievement (that is, a major, international recognized 
award), or at least three of the following: 
(i) Documentation of the alien's receipt of lesser nationally or internationally 
recognized prizes or awards for excellence in the field of endeavor; 
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(ii) Documentation of the alien's membership in associations in the field for which 
classification is sought, which require outstanding achievements of their members, as 
judged by recognized national or international experts in their disciplines or fields; 
(iii) Published material about the alien in professional or major trade publications or 
other major media, relating to the alien's work in the field for which classification is 
sought. Such evidence shall include the title, date, and author of the material, and any 
necessary translation; 
(iv) Evidence of the alien's participation, either individually or on a panel, as a judge 
of the work of others in the same or an allied field of specification for which 
classification is sought; 
(v) Evidence of the alien's original scientific, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business- 
related contributions of major significance in the field; 
(vi) Evidence of the alien's authorship of scholarly articles in the field, in professional 
or major trade publications or other major media; 
(vii) Evidence of the display of the alien's work in the field at artistic exhibitions or 
showcases; 
(viii) Evidence that the alien has performed in a leading or critical role for 
organizations or establishments that have a distinguished reputation; 
(ix) Evidence that the alien has commanded a high salary or other significantly high 
remuneration for services, in relation to others in the field; or 
(x) Evidence of commercial successes in the performing arts, as shown by box office 
receipts or record, cassette, compact disk, or video sales. 
The director determined that the initial evidence submitted by the petitioner failed to establish that 
the petitioner qualified for the benefit sought. Therefore, on February 19, 2008, the director issued 
the petitioner a request for additional evidence outlining the deficiencies in the petitioner's evidence 
and requesting documentary evidence in support of any of the above criteria that the petitioner 
believed she met. The director determined that the evidence the petitioner submitted in response to 
the RFE failed to establish that she qualified for this preference visa petition. 
On appeal, the petitioner submitted an August 15, 2008 letter from Morrells Aerospace certifying 
that she was employed full time with the company as a chemist and an August 18,2008 letter from 
certifying that the petitioner is a part-time property administrator for the 
company. Although the petitioner also submitted copies of photographs that she stated were of her 
"taken during [her] course of experiences in the Philippines," she did not submit any additional 
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evidence to establish her eligibility under the regulatory criteria at 8 C.F.R. tj 204.5(h)(3). 
 The 
petitioner also failed to address the director's specific findings and to identify any error in the 
director's decision. 
The regulation at 8 C.F.R. fj 103,3(a)(l)(v) states, in pertinent part: 
An officer to whom an appeal is taken shall summarily dismiss any appeal when 
the party concerned fails to identify specifically any erroneous conclusion of 
law or statement of fact for the appeal. 
The petitioner has failed to identify specifically any erroneous conclusion of law or a statement of 
fact in this proceeding; therefore, the appeal must be summarily dismissed. 
ORDER: 
 The appeal is summarily dismissed. 
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