Dismissed
EB-1A
EB-1A Dismissed — Water Polo (2018): did not establish eligibility under the required
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Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to establish eligibility under the required evidentiary criteria. Although the Director initially denied the petition for other reasons, the AAO conducted a de novo review and found the record insufficient to prove the petitioner met at least three criteria, specifically finding the evidence for the membership criterion lacking.
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