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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision APR142006_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision APR142006_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR142006_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2006-04-14 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; Form I-140; aerospace engineer (sciences) |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal; self-represented petitioner submitted additional evidence on appeal; decision predates Kazarian's 2010 two-step framework. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | explanation: This 2006 decision predates Kazarian. It closes with a whole-record assessment that the evidence did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field status, but it does not announce a separate formal second-step final-merits determination.; formal_final_merits_reached: No separate Kazarian final-merits step; whole-record acclaim conclusion yes; pages: 2; 6; 7 |
What the AAO decision addressed
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Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
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Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | Not met — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: [{'fact': 'The award was expressly identified as a scholarship toward Sheffield Hallam University education and one among multiple scholarship winners.', 'pages': [3]}, {'fact': 'The AAO stated academic scholarships fund future education, not recognized past excellence in the professional field.', 'pages': [3]}, {'fact': 'The final conclusion found talent but not evidence setting achievements significantly above almost all others in aerospace engineering.', 'pages': [6, 7]}]
Page-level source trail
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How to use this record
This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.
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