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AAO found that the Petitioner's participation in ranking abstracts for a conference satisfied the judging criterion, disagreeing with the Director who had not credited this activity.
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AAO found that the Petitioner's participation in ranking abstracts for a conference satisfied the judging criterion, disagreeing with the Director who had not credited this activity.
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EB-1AEB-1A · Final meritsNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Medicine / ClinicalFounder11 papers
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · Final merits
final merits determination
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO found the record as a whole insufficient to demonstrate sustained national or international acclaim or that the Beneficiary is among the small percentage at the very top of his field. His judging was internal to his employer, his publication record was limited, citation numbers were modest, recommendation letters were speculative about future impact, and his roles generated only local recognition.
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AAO found the record as a whole insufficient to demonstrate sustained national or international acclaim or that the Beneficiary is among the small percentage at the very top of his field. His judging was internal to his employer, his publication record was limited, citation numbers were modest, recommendation letters were speculative about future impact, and his roles generated only local recognition.
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EB-1AEB-1A · Final meritsNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
OtherProfessorMaster’s
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · Final merits
final merits determination
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO found that the Petitioner's judging experience involved only students and aspiring professionals, her publications attracted only two citations, her roles generated only local recognition, her media coverage consisted of articles quoting her as a spokesperson rather than covering her personally, her award was a municipal-level honor, and her recommendation letters speculated about future impact without establishing exis…
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AAO found that the Petitioner's judging experience involved only students and aspiring professionals, her publications attracted only two citations, her roles generated only local recognition, her media coverage consisted of articles quoting her as a spokesperson rather than covering her personally, her award was a municipal-level honor, and her recommendation letters speculated about future impact without establishing existing national or international acclaim.
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The Director and AAO both found this criterion met based on the Petitioner's participation on examination boards judging student term papers and evaluating teachers.
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The Director and AAO both found this criterion met based on the Petitioner's participation on examination boards judging student term papers and evaluating teachers.
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ability to pay proffered wages for multiple I-140 petitions
Why AAO was not persuaded
The Petitioner submitted no information about the proffered wages for 31 identified petitions and no information at all about an additional 14 petitions, making it impossible to calculate combined ability to pay in any relevant year.
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The Petitioner submitted no information about the proffered wages for 31 identified petitions and no information at all about an additional 14 petitions, making it impossible to calculate combined ability to pay in any relevant year.
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