"An immigration lawyer at a multinational pharmaceutical company said that agency requests for evidence do not always appear to be 'thoughtful,' and cited a Request for Evidence that demanded a review of the qualifications of an applicant who had received a science degree from Oxford University," the GAO reported.

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