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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision APR252016_01B2203: Appeal sustained; AAO found petitioner eligible for classification. Review source status…
Decision summary: AAO decision APR252016_01B2203: Appeal sustained; AAO found petitioner eligible for classification. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR252016_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2016-04-25 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A sciences; computer scientist. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial for failure to document three initial criteria; petitioner submitted additional evidence on appeal; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal sustained; AAO found petitioner eligible for classification. |
Final-merits status | reached: True; result: Favorable; totality established sustained acclaim and top-of-field standing.; supporting_pages: 3; 4; 5 |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — 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 holds and limits
["The supplied triage title about hair stylists and the triage cluster “final-merits-failure” are false; the source is a favorable computer-science decision.", "OCR contains a likely miscitation for the high-salary criterion subsection on page 2/3; report the criterion by name, not corrupted subsection number.", "Non-precedent decision."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
The supplied triage title about hair stylists and the triage cluster “final-merits-failure” are false; the source is a favorable computer-science decision.
OCR contains a likely miscitation for the high-salary criterion subsection on page 2/3; report the criterion by name, not corrupted subsection number.
Non-precedent decision.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Strong favorable comparator for the final-merits stage, but field-specific and not a direct matched comparison to the athlete denials. [{'fact': '574 citations at initial filing, two articles over 100 citations; decision noted conference proceedings are preferred in computer science and described citation/interest.', 'pages': [3, 4]}, {'fact': 'W-2 compensation was $238,730.83 (2014), $235,000.02 (2013), and $220,000.02 (2012), compared with DOL Level 4 estimate of $120,016; decision found high salary criterion met.', 'pages': [3, 4]}, {'fact': 'Supervisor described lead development of mortgage-backed securities analytics and risk-management systems, including reducing runtime from over 40 minutes to under 2 minutes and freeing over $90 million in risk capital.', 'pages': [4]}, {'fact': 'Academic letters described continued use/influence of past research; AAO summarized citation, peer review, high salary, and private-sector achievements in favorable totality finding.', 'pages': [5]}]
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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