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EB-1AEB-1A · High remunerationNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Other
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · High remuneration
high salary or remuneration
Why AAO was not persuaded
Counsel merely repeated prior claims without submitting primary evidence or explaining why primary evidence is not required. The issue was abandoned.
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Counsel merely repeated prior claims without submitting primary evidence or explaining why primary evidence is not required. The issue was abandoned.
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EB-1AEB-1A · Final meritsReservedAutomated extraction · broader context
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Issue evaluated
EB-1A · Final merits
final merits determination
What the decision said
The AAO reserved the final merits determination because the petitioner failed to satisfy the antecedent requirement of qualifying evidence under at least three criteria.
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The AAO reserved the final merits determination because the petitioner failed to satisfy the antecedent requirement of qualifying evidence under at least three criteria.
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EB-1AEB-1A · Published materialNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
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Other
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · Published material
published material about the alien in professional or major media
Why AAO was not persuaded
Counsel merely repeated prior claims without explaining why the AAO should find them more persuasive, and provided no additional evidence or arguments identifying errors. The issue was therefore abandoned.
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Counsel merely repeated prior claims without explaining why the AAO should find them more persuasive, and provided no additional evidence or arguments identifying errors. The issue was therefore abandoned.
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The beneficiary's Diploma from a polytechnic and Associate Membership in a professional engineering body do not constitute a degree from a college or university equivalent to a U.S. baccalaureate. Both the EDGE database and the petitioner's own AACRAO evaluation characterize the Associate Membership as a professional examination credential rather than a degree.…
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The beneficiary's Diploma from a polytechnic and Associate Membership in a professional engineering body do not constitute a degree from a college or university equivalent to a U.S. baccalaureate. Both the EDGE database and the petitioner's own AACRAO evaluation characterize the Associate Membership as a professional examination credential rather than a degree. Without a single qualifying foreign equivalent degree, the beneficiary cannot satisfy the advanced degree requirement even with five-plus years of progressive experience.
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EB-1AEB-1A · High remunerationNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Civil / Structural Engineering
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · High remuneration
high salary or significantly high remuneration
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO found the petitioner mischaracterized the report's quartile data, did not show her salary fell within the third quartile for her actual position, and provided no comparative data for research fees as 'other remuneration.'
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AAO found the petitioner mischaracterized the report's quartile data, did not show her salary fell within the third quartile for her actual position, and provided no comparative data for research fees as 'other remuneration.'
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membership in associations requiring outstanding achievements
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO held inclusion as a peer reviewer is not membership in an association, and even if it were, the requirements are not outstanding achievements judged by national/international experts. The ESM and EM research groups were not shown to be associations requiring outstanding achievements.
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AAO held inclusion as a peer reviewer is not membership in an association, and even if it were, the requirements are not outstanding achievements judged by national/international experts. The ESM and EM research groups were not shown to be associations requiring outstanding achievements.
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leading or critical role for organizations with distinguished reputation
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO found the petitioner established a leading/critical role at one university but not its distinguished reputation, and established UdN's distinguished reputation but not her leading/critical role for UdN as a whole or that IDS itself enjoys a distinguished reputation.
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AAO found the petitioner established a leading/critical role at one university but not its distinguished reputation, and established UdN's distinguished reputation but not her leading/critical role for UdN as a whole or that IDS itself enjoys a distinguished reputation.
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