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SustainedEB-2 · Appeal

Information technology company

Computing, AI & data · decided 2022-08-31 · NSC · AUG312022_01B5203

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  • Step 0Eligible for EB-2Not decided

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  • Prong 1Merit and national importanceNot decided

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  • Prong 2Well positioned to advance itNot decided

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  • Prong 3Worth waiving the job offerNot decided

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    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services InRe: 13673644 · Appeal of Nebraska Service Center Decision · Non-Precedent Decision of the Administrative Appeals Office · Date: AUG.31,2022 · Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for an Advanced Degree Professional

    The Petitioner, an information technology company, seeks to employ the Beneficiary as a "technical architect." It requests classification of the Beneficiary as a member of the professions holding an advanceddegreeunderthesecondpreferenceimmigrantcategory. ImmigrationandNationalityAct(the Act)section203(b)(2),8U.S.C.§1153(b)(2). Thisemployment-based"EB-2"immigrantclassification allows a U.S. employer to sponsor a professional with an advanced degree for lawful permanent resident status.

    The Director o f the Nebraska Service Center denied the petition based on the determination that certain language in H.14 of the labor certification exceeded the "Kellogg language" and altered the minimum requirements ofthe labor certification in a way that couldpotentially allow a beneficiary to qualify for the job offered with less than a master's degree or a bachelor's degree and five years of postgraduate experience in the specialty, and thus did not support the requested classification of advanced degree On appeal the Petitioner provides supporting evidence and an appeal brief asserting that the language does not alter the minimum requirements specified on its labor certification, which is consistent with the petition's classification request of advanced degree professional.

    Upon de nova review ofthe evidence and arguments made on appeal, we conclude that the Petitioner has overcome the basis for denial and we will therefore sustain the appeal.

    This regulation was intended to incorporate the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) ruling in Francis Kellogg, 1994-INA-465 and 544, 1995-INA 68 (Feb . 2, 1998) (en bane). The statement on the laborcertificationthatan employerwillaccept applicants with "any suitable combination ofeducation, trainingorexperience"is commonly referred to as "Kellogg language." professional.

    Theregulationat20 C.F.R. § 656.l 7(h)(4)(ii)states:

    If the alien beneficiary already is employed by the employer, and the alien does not meet the primary job requirements and only potentially qualifies for the job by virtue of the employer's alternative requirements, certification will be denied unless the application states that any suitable combination of education, training, or experience is acceptable.

    ORDER: The appeal is sustained.