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Teacher
Education · Mexico
USCIS EB-3 rfe dismissed
2024-12-23
The appeal was dismissed because the Petitioner failed to demonstrate that the Beneficiary possessed the required bachelor's degree in elementary education as specified in the labor certification. The labor certification explicitly stated 'Elementary Education' as the major field of study and marked 'No' for alternate fields. The Beneficiary's degrees in graphic design and information design, or an equivalency based on combined education and experience in general 'Education,' did not satisfy this specific criterion.
Elementary School Teacher
Education · Mexico
USCIS EB-3 sustained
2024-09-25
The Director's denial was based on the interpretation that the Beneficiary's foreign degree was a professional license, not a bachelor's equivalent, citing EDGE. The AAO, upon de novo review, found that the Beneficiary's degree, completed over four years of university study (ten trimesters) and supported by an independent academic credentials report equating to 132 credit hours, met the labor certification's requirement of a bachelor's degree in 'any academic major field' and the regulatory definition of a professional.