EB-1B Dismissed — Mechanical Engineering (2023): although the Director found the Beneficiary met three

Decision Summary

Although the Director found the Beneficiary met three initial evidentiary criteria (authorship, original contributions, and judging others' work), the petition was denied after a final merits determination concluded the record did not establish the Beneficiary was internationally recognized as outstanding. The AAO affirmed this decision, rejecting the petitioner's procedural challenges to the two-part analysis and agreeing that the totality of the evidence did not demonstrate the required level of international recognition.

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