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Beneficiary meets minimum experience requirement by priority date
Why AAO was not persuaded
Even crediting the alleged OPT period, the beneficiary's qualifying experience totaled only four years and seven months, five months short of the required five years. The petitioner also failed to provide independent, objective evidence corroborating the OPT employment gap.
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Even crediting the alleged OPT period, the beneficiary's qualifying experience totaled only four years and seven months, five months short of the required five years. The petitioner also failed to provide independent, objective evidence corroborating the OPT employment gap.
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NIWNIW · Waiver on balanceNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
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Biomedical / Life Sciences71 papers
Issue evaluated
NIW · Waiver on balance
serve the national interest to a substantially greater degree than an available U.S. worker
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO concluded the petitioner failed to demonstrate past achievement with influence on the field as a whole. Witness letters had strikingly similar language suggesting common authorship by the petitioner and lacked corroborating evidence; provisional patents had lapsed and did not name the petitioner; citation evidence was minimal and largely self-citations; and post-filing diagnostic kit work could not retroactively establi…
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AAO concluded the petitioner failed to demonstrate past achievement with influence on the field as a whole. Witness letters had strikingly similar language suggesting common authorship by the petitioner and lacked corroborating evidence; provisional patents had lapsed and did not name the petitioner; citation evidence was minimal and largely self-citations; and post-filing diagnostic kit work could not retroactively establish eligibility.
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Beneficiary meets educational requirements of labor certification
Why the evidence was persuasive
The record reflects the beneficiary possesses a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering awarded December 19, 2007, satisfying the educational requirements of the labor certification.
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The record reflects the beneficiary possesses a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering awarded December 19, 2007, satisfying the educational requirements of the labor certification.
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AAO finds the petitioner did not provide sufficient detail or clear evidence of plans to continue work in the U.S., citing Matter of Soffici for the principle that going on record without supporting documentary evidence is insufficient.
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AAO finds the petitioner did not provide sufficient detail or clear evidence of plans to continue work in the U.S., citing Matter of Soffici for the principle that going on record without supporting documentary evidence is insufficient.
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