825 decisions

By accepting a combination of educational credentials in lieu of a single bachelor's degree, the labor certification does not demonstrate that the job requires an advanced degree professional.

The Director determined that the ETA Form 9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification (labor certification), did not demonstrate that.

The Director concluded that the record did not establish the Beneficiary's possession of the minimum required education for the offered position or the requested classification.

The Director concluded that the record did not establish the Beneficiary's possession of the educational credentials required for the offered position and the requested classification.

He found that the Petitioner did not establish that a waiver of the job offer requirement is in the national interest.

The Director found that the Beneficiary does not qualify for the classification of advanced degree professional because he does not have a foreign equivalent degree to a U.

The Director determined that the Beneficiary did not qualify for classification as an advanced degree professional under section 203(b )(2) of the Act, or meet the minimum requirements on the labor certification to qualify for the job offered.

The director found that the petitioner had not established that he qualifies for the classification sought.

The petitioner also has not established that it had sufficient net income to pay the proffered wages of its other sponsored workers in any of the years at issue.

We did not, however, find the visa petition to be approvable as the record failed to establish that the beneficiary held an advanced degree in a field required by the labor certification.

The director's certified decision denied the petition, finding that the petitioner failed to establish that the beneficiary possessed a U.

Therefore, the petition does not qualify for advanced degree professional classification There is no provision in statute or regulation that compels U.

The director's decision denying the petition states that the letters submitted did not demonstrate that the beneficiary had five years of progressive experience in positions of increasing complexity and involving greater responsibility.

The director concluded that the pet1t10ner failed to demonstrate the beneficiary ' s qualifying educational requirements for the offered position as required by the labor certification and for classification as an advanced degree professional.

The director determined that the petitioner had not established that it had the continuing ability to pay the beneficiary the proffered wage beginning on the priority date of the visa petition.

The director's decision will be withdrawn, and the matter will be remanded to the director for further action, consideration, and the entry of a new decision in accordance with below.

Since Part H-14 provides that an individual can qualify for the offered position with less than a baccalaureate followed by five years of progressive experience in the specialty, the petition does not qualify for advanced degree professional classification.

Therefore, since an individual can qualify for the offered position with a degree less than a baccalaureate (followed by five years of progressive experience in the specialty), the petition does not qualify for advanced degree professional classification.

Therefore, since the beneficiary's master's degree from is not from an accredited institution of higher education, it does not qualify as an advanced degree within the meaning of 8 C.

The director further determined that because the labor certification in the instant matter would allow for the combination of education, experience, and/or training that is "equivalent" to a bachelor's degree, the labor certification did not meet the classification of an E21, a member of the professions holding an advanced degree or an alien of exceptional ability.