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NIWNIW · National importanceNot established
Case facts
Social SciencesFounder
Issue evaluated
NIW · National importance
substantial merit and national importance
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO agreed the Petitioner failed to establish national importance, noting the misstatement of the Director's conclusion on appeal and the lack of supporting evidence for the proposed training academy or other national importance factors.
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AAO agreed the Petitioner failed to establish national importance, noting the misstatement of the Director's conclusion on appeal and the lack of supporting evidence for the proposed training academy or other national importance factors.
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AAO agreed the evidence was insufficient to show a record of success, noted only photographs of 4 of the 20 claimed book covers, found the business plan was merely a slight expansion of the endeavor description with unsupported projections, and that reference letters showed only past interest in Nigeria.
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AAO agreed the evidence was insufficient to show a record of success, noted only photographs of 4 of the 20 claimed book covers, found the business plan was merely a slight expansion of the endeavor description with unsupported projections, and that reference letters showed only past interest in Nigeria.
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NIWlicense or certificationNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Other
Issue evaluated
license or certification
license to practice the profession (8 C.F.R. § 204.5(k)(3)(ii)(C))
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO agreed with the Director and additionally found that the Petitioner had not established that his occupation requires a license to practice; the appellate argument was deemed waived for lack of specificity.
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AAO agreed with the Director and additionally found that the Petitioner had not established that his occupation requires a license to practice; the appellate argument was deemed waived for lack of specificity.
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NIWten years experienceNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Other
Issue evaluated
ten years experience
ten years of full-time experience (8 C.F.R. § 204.5(k)(3)(ii)(B))
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO deemed the issue waived because the Petitioner did not identify the specific evidence allegedly disregarded or discuss it with specificity on appeal.
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AAO deemed the issue waived because the Petitioner did not identify the specific evidence allegedly disregarded or discuss it with specificity on appeal.
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NIWNIW · National importanceReservedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
Other
Issue evaluated
NIW · National importance
substantial merit and national importance
What the decision said
AAO reserved the Dhanasar prongs given the dispositive EB-2 ineligibility, but noted the proposed endeavor was insufficiently described and that on appeal Petitioner impermissibly attempted to introduce material new facts (a new company).
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AAO reserved the Dhanasar prongs given the dispositive EB-2 ineligibility, but noted the proposed endeavor was insufficiently described and that on appeal Petitioner impermissibly attempted to introduce material new facts (a new company).
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Comparable evidence under 8 C.F.R. § 204.5(k)(3)(iii)
Why AAO was not persuaded
AAO found that the comparable evidence provision requires that the six criteria not readily apply to the petitioner's 'occupation,' but being a genetic carrier is a biological characteristic rather than an occupation.…
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AAO found that the comparable evidence provision requires that the six criteria not readily apply to the petitioner's 'occupation,' but being a genetic carrier is a biological characteristic rather than an occupation. Additionally, carrying a rare genetic trait and participating in a research study as a subject does not show expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered in the sciences, and the Petitioner failed to identify which specific criteria her evidence was truly comparable to.
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leading or critical role for distinguished organizations
Why AAO was not persuaded
The Petitioner failed to establish that either of the two organizations he claimed had a distinguished reputation, relying only on Wikipedia and his own statements. Even setting aside the reputation issue, the Petitioner's roles were at the project level rather than for the organizations as a whole.
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The Petitioner failed to establish that either of the two organizations he claimed had a distinguished reputation, relying only on Wikipedia and his own statements. Even setting aside the reputation issue, the Petitioner's roles were at the project level rather than for the organizations as a whole.
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EB-1AEB-1A · High remunerationNot establishedAutomated extraction · broader context
Case facts
OtherMaster’s
Issue evaluated
EB-1A · High remuneration
high salary or remuneration
Why AAO was not persuaded
The Petitioner failed to establish that Construction Manager was the appropriate occupational comparison. The HR letter submitted on appeal did not provide a job description or sufficiently compare the Petitioner's role to the Construction Manager profile in the DOL Handbook, leaving only unpersuasive assertions of similarity.
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The Petitioner failed to establish that Construction Manager was the appropriate occupational comparison. The HR letter submitted on appeal did not provide a job description or sufficiently compare the Petitioner's role to the Construction Manager profile in the DOL Handbook, leaving only unpersuasive assertions of similarity.
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