Outcome: Dismissed
Feb012010_03B2203
Our summary
Clarinet musician and teacher claiming extraordinary ability under EB-1A. Director evaluated five criteria; petitioner failed to meet original contributions and scholarly articles standards. On appeal, counsel failed to address specific errors in director's analysis beyond typographical mistakes. Appeal summarily dismissed for lack of substantive challenge.
Official PDF
Official PDF ↗Published by USCIS. The summary is ours, in our own words; the decision text is on uscis.gov.
No criterion in the table was found met in this decision.
What was missing
- Original contributions · Dissertation downloads not evidence of original artistic contributions of major significance to field.
- Scholarly articles · Petitioner failed to establish dissertation was published; cannot be qualified scholarly article evidence.
Criteria
| Criterion | Reading | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Not met | Dissertation downloads not evidence of original artistic contributions of major significance to field. | |
| Not met | Petitioner failed to establish dissertation was published; cannot be qualified scholarly article evidence. | |
| Claimed, not analyzed | Claimed but not analyzed beyond director's initial evaluation; counsel failed to address director's specific findings. | |
| Claimed, not analyzed | Claimed but not analyzed; counsel failed to address director's specific findings on this criterion. | |
| Claimed, not analyzed | Claimed but not analyzed; counsel failed to address director's specific findings on this criterion. |
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