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EB-1A awards — AAO decision APR152010_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO finds scholarly authorship but rejects other claimed criteria, then includes a formal Final Merits Determination and finds no sustained acclaim/top-of-field status.
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.
Scope classification from review: Physical source identifies an AAO matter concerning EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR152010_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 15, 2010 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Public-copy, nonprecedent AAO appeal from Nebraska Service Center EB-1A denial; appeal dismissed after formal unfavorable final-merits determination. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO finds scholarly authorship but rejects other claimed criteria, then includes a formal Final Merits Determination and finds no sustained acclaim/top-of-field status. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO finds scholarly authorship but rejects other claimed criteria, then includes a formal Final Merits Determination and finds no sustained acclaim/top-of-field status.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.
Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 10 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a biomedical researcher; the decision discusses cancer research, insulin sensitivity and postdoctoral fellowships.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 5; 8
claim: Awards and association membership do not establish qualifying recognition/admission; published material and major-significance contributions are rejected.; evidence_pages: 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: AAO accepts scholarly authorship but finds the final totality insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing.; evidence_pages: 10; 11; 12
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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