dismissed EB-1B Case: Mechanical Engineering
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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