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3 cases · 2 approved / sustained · 1 denied / dismissed · 0 remanded
Engineer
Electronics · Iran
WeGreened EB-1A rfe approved
California 151 days 2025-10-13
The petition was approved based on a strong record of 13 journal articles and 17 conference papers with 478 citations. The petitioner also demonstrated significant professional standing through 16 peer-reviewed judging assignments. Evidence of funding from the Department of Energy further validated the national importance of the work.
Engineer
Electronics · Iran
WeGreened EB-1A approved
California 17 days 2025-03-03
The petition was approved based on 26 peer-reviewed publications and 1,138 citations, with several papers ranking in the top 10% of the field. The petitioner demonstrated an h-index of 16 and significant service as a judge for premier journals in Computer Hardware Design. Evidence satisfied the EB-1A criteria for original contributions, scholarly articles, and judging.
Engineer
Electronics · India
USCIS EB-1A rfe dismissed
2025-02-28
The appeal was dismissed because the Petitioner failed to demonstrate that the Beneficiary's original contributions had major significance. Although the Beneficiary had 170 citations from 14 published articles, this was deemed insufficient compared to others in the field with over 11,000 citations. Expert letters, while given full weight, did not provide specific information on the impact of the Beneficiary's work on the field as a whole or beyond his employer, thus failing to satisfy the 'original contributions of major significance' criterion.