Dismissed
EB-3
EB-3 Dismissed — Industrial Engineering (2016): the petitioner failed to respond to a Notice of Intent to
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner failed to respond to a Notice of Intent to Dismiss (NOID). The NOID was issued after a USCIS investigation revealed the beneficiary's educational credentials were fraudulent. Consequently, the AAO invalidated the underlying labor certification for willful misrepresentation and dismissed the appeal as abandoned and on the merits.
Criteria Discussed
Ability To Pay Beneficiary Qualifications (Education) Beneficiary Qualifications (Experience) Labor Certification Validity Fraud/Misrepresentation
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