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EB-1AOtherIndividualDecided 2012Dismissed

Outcome: Dismissed

May022012_02B2203

AwardsMetHigh salaryNot metMembershipNot metOriginal contributionsNot metFinal meritsNot met

Our summary

Petitioner claimed extraordinary ability and attempted to establish high salary criterion on appeal. AAO summarily dismissed because counsel failed to identify erroneous conclusions of law or fact by director and did not contest specific findings, lacking substantive basis for appeal.

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Published by USCIS. The summary is ours, in our own words; the decision text is on uscis.gov.

What the AAO accepted

  • Awards · Director found petitioner established this criterion

What was missing

  • High salary · Counsel submitted no comparative evidence of salary relative to others in field
  • Membership · Director determined petitioner did not meet this criterion
  • Original contributions · Director determined petitioner did not establish this criterion
  • Final merits · Petitioner failed to satisfy regulatory requirement of three types of evidence

Criteria

CriterionReadingWhy
AwardsMetDirector found petitioner established this criterion
High salaryNot metCounsel submitted no comparative evidence of salary relative to others in field
MembershipNot metDirector determined petitioner did not meet this criterion
Original contributionsNot metDirector determined petitioner did not establish this criterion
Final meritsNot metPetitioner failed to satisfy regulatory requirement of three types of evidence

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