A law firm recently achieved a significant victory in an EB-1A lawsuit, resulting in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reopening and approving their client’s petition just 45 days after filing. The Texas Service Center had initially denied the EB-1A application, citing factual misstatements and an excessively high standard of proof, despite acknowledging that the client met four regulatory criteria.
Key Details:
- Initial denial issued by USCIS Texas Service Center (TSC) included factual errors.
- TSC recognized the client met four out of five criteria but incorrectly stated they failed to meet three.
- The law firm filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California after USCIS rejected their request for reconsideration.
- The EB-1A petition was approved following the lawsuit, indicating a potential shift in USCIS’s approach to similar cases.
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Source: Sameer Khedekar