EB-1ALaw, policy, social scienceIndividualDecided 2009Dismissed
Outcome: Dismissed
Mar312009_01B2203
AwardsNot metHigh salaryNot metMembershipNot metPublished materialNot metFinal meritsNot met
Our summary
Social worker and women's rights advocate claimed awards, membership, published material, and high salary criteria. The AAO rejected awards as decade-old and organizationally-based, membership as lacking outstanding achievement requirements, articles as incompletely translated, and salary as not clearly tied to social work. Evidence insufficient for sustained national or international acclaim.
Official PDF
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No criterion in the table was found met in this decision.
What was missing
- Awards · Awards from 1982 and 1996 over a decade prior; national scope of awarding organization insufficient
- High salary · Salary attribution unclear; much attributable to lecturing rather than claimed field
- Membership · Membership based on employment, activity, and recommendations, not outstanding achievement
- Published material · Partial translations of articles submitted; unclear salary attribution to social work field
- Final merits · Achievements do not set petitioner significantly above almost all others nationally or internationally
Criteria
| Criterion | Reading | Why |
|---|---|---|
 Awards | Not met | Awards from 1982 and 1996 over a decade prior; national scope of awarding organization insufficient |
 High salary | Not met | Salary attribution unclear; much attributable to lecturing rather than claimed field |
 Membership | Not met | Membership based on employment, activity, and recommendations, not outstanding achievement |
 Published material | Not met | Partial translations of articles submitted; unclear salary attribution to social work field |
 Final merits | Not met | Achievements do not set petitioner significantly above almost all others nationally or internationally |
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