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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision APR232020_20B2203: A physicist's appeal was dismissed because the record did not establish a third…
Decision summary: AAO decision APR232020_20B2203: A physicist’s appeal was dismissed because the record did not establish a third criterion.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR232020_20B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-04-23 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | Procedural posture not separately coded in the normalized review fields. Consult the source PDF. |
Operative disposition | A physicist's appeal was dismissed because the record did not establish a third criterion. |
Final-merits status | aggregate_discussion: yes, advisory aggregate discussion; formal_kazarian_determination: no, expressly not reached; result: negative at initial-evidence threshold |
What the AAO decision addressed
A physicist's appeal was dismissed because the record did not establish a third criterion.
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 | Not coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met by Director and not disturbed in this appeal — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met; no sufficient showing of field-wide impact, implementation, or major significance — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met by Director and not disturbed in this appeal — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
finding: The Director had found judging and scholarly authorship satisfied; the AAO reviewed the claimed original-contributions criterion and states that it was the only disputed third criterion.; pages: 1-3
finding: The AAO considered four research themes, expert letters, citations, field rankings and citing articles. It found that novelty, publication, citation, and journal impact did not by themselves show field-wide major significance; the letters lacked specific explanations and corroboration of adoption or demonstrable influence. The petitioner was characterized as productive and relied upon by other researchers, but not shown to have made a contribution of major significance.; pages: 3-6
finding: The AAO says the initial three-criteria threshold failed, declines a Kazarian-type final-merits determination, gives a separate aggregate discussion, and dismisses the appeal.; pages: 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Original contributions and citation evidence; authorship/judging were already counted by the Director.
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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