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NIWNIW · Waiver on balanceNot established
Case facts
Business / Management
Issue evaluated
NIW · Waiver on balance
national interest served to substantially greater degree than a U.S. worker
Why AAO was not persuaded
The claim that no U.S. worker applied for the petitioner's position does not establish that a waiver of the job offer requirement is in the national interest. The petitioner's past performance does not justify projections of future benefit sufficient to meet this standard.
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The claim that no U.S. worker applied for the petitioner's position does not establish that a waiver of the job offer requirement is in the national interest. The petitioner's past performance does not justify projections of future benefit sufficient to meet this standard.
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The petitioner's restaurant had so far established only a local foothold; his claims of impacting millions through social media were unsupported by evidence; and his plans for national expansion remained speculative.
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The petitioner's restaurant had so far established only a local foothold; his claims of impacting millions through social media were unsupported by evidence; and his plans for national expansion remained speculative.
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NIWNIW · Waiver on balanceNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Medicine / ClinicalResearch ScientistMaster’s
Issue evaluated
NIW · Waiver on balance
national interest substantially greater than U.S. worker
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO agreed that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that her individual contributions have had or will have a nationally significant impact. Her awards were at the student or resident level, her teaching was inherently temporary, documentary support for many claimed activities was absent, and she did not submit evidence of the impact of her published work such as citing articles.
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AAO agreed that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that her individual contributions have had or will have a nationally significant impact. Her awards were at the student or resident level, her teaching was inherently temporary, documentary support for many claimed activities was absent, and she did not submit evidence of the impact of her published work such as citing articles.
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display of work at artistic exhibitions or showcases
Why the evidence was persuasive
AAO found that the petitioner did submit supporting documentation indicating that his work was exhibited at artistic exhibitions or showcases, and withdrew the director's adverse decision on this criterion.
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AAO found that the petitioner did submit supporting documentation indicating that his work was exhibited at artistic exhibitions or showcases, and withdrew the director's adverse decision on this criterion.
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The petitioner did not contest the director's findings on this criterion in the appellate brief and offered no additional arguments, so the issue is considered abandoned.
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The petitioner did not contest the director's findings on this criterion in the appellate brief and offered no additional arguments, so the issue is considered abandoned.
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Six months of experience as Computer Systems Analyst/Senior Systems Analyst with required skills
Why the evidence was persuasive
AAO found the new experience letter and employment screen established that the beneficiary was employed full-time as a Senior System Analyst with the required skills, satisfying the six-month experience requirement of the labor certification.
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AAO found the new experience letter and employment screen established that the beneficiary was employed full-time as a Senior System Analyst with the required skills, satisfying the six-month experience requirement of the labor certification.
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Foreign equivalent of U.S. Master's degree in Computer Science
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO found that none of the six evaluations overcame EDGE's credentials advice. The first evaluator provided no discussion of the basis for his conclusion. The second focused on discounting EDGE rather than analyzing the beneficiary's academics. The third's course-comparison relied on non-Computer-Science-specific curricula.…
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AAO found that none of the six evaluations overcame EDGE's credentials advice. The first evaluator provided no discussion of the basis for his conclusion. The second focused on discounting EDGE rather than analyzing the beneficiary's academics. The third's course-comparison relied on non-Computer-Science-specific curricula. The fourth and fifth evaluations contained extensive identical language indicating they were not independently authored. The sixth evaluation relied on a 2007-2008 curriculum to evaluate a degree completed in 1998, without addressing the temporal discrepancy, and was further undermined by a supporting statement that appeared to have been altered.
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