dismissed
EB-1A
dismissed EB-1A Case: Somatic Movement Therapy
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish sustained national or international acclaim in her field of somatic movement therapy. The director found the evidence submitted did not meet the regulatory criteria, noting that a decades-old dance scholarship was irrelevant and that membership in an association was not shown to require outstanding achievement. Much of the evidence pertained to the petitioner's prior career as a dancer, not her current field.
Criteria Discussed
Prizes Or Awards Membership In Associations Published Material About The Alien
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