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sustained EB-3 RFE Issued

Business Analyst

Online Retailer · China · 2024-10-08

Decision Date

2024-10-08

This case is from a USCIS Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) appeal decision. Appeal cases represent a subset of petitions and may not reflect typical outcomes.

Framework Evaluation

1 of 1 criteria met

Education Credentials (Met)

The Beneficiary's Master's degree in Environmental Health Sciences was found to be closely related to Statistics, an acceptable degree discipline for the job, based on coursework overlap in data management and analysis.

Why This Petition Was Approved

The appeal was sustained because a preponderance of evidence demonstrated that the Beneficiary's graduate field of environmental health sciences relates to the job's acceptable degree discipline of statistics. This conclusion was supported by curriculum overlap in data analysis and statistical programming, satisfying the educational requirements for the EB-3 professional category.

Request for Evidence (RFE)

Successfully Addressed

The RFE questioned the relevance of the Beneficiary's Environmental Health Sciences degree to the job's required fields. The petitioner responded with a supervisor's letter detailing skill alignment and an expert opinion letter confirming the degree's relation to statistics and mathematics.

RFE Targets

Education Credentials

Evidence

Evidence Types

Reference Letters Dependent

Reference Letters Independent

Skills Required

data analysis programming
statistical concepts
design statistical experiments
identify key performance indicators (KPIs)
develop and implement KPIs
model automated reporting/process solutions
database knowledge
collect and input spatial data
manage spatial data
create automated data dashboards and reporting tools
data collection
data management
data analysis
data reporting methods and best-practices
computer database skills
statistical programming skills

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Frequently Asked Questions

A sustained EB-3 (I-140) petition means USCIS determined the petitioner met the eligibility requirements. For appealed cases, "sustained" means the appeal reversed a prior denial. The petitioner can proceed to the next step in the immigration process.

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At a Glance

Outcome sustained

RFE Issued

Criteria Met 1 / 1

Evidence Types 2

EB-3 Case Data

Scraped Case Data

Total Cases 108

Success Rate 9.3%

Sustained 10

Dismissed 63

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