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AAO EB-1A decision APR302013_02B2203

On appeal, you must explicitly contest every denied criterion; otherwise the AAO will not review that criterion and will leave the denial unchanged. The petitioner did not provide evidence of significance for scholarly articles, which the AAO noted belongs in the final merits analysis; The AAO did n

Decision Snapshot

Field Value --- --- Decision ID APR302013_02B2203 Decision date not stated in the extraction Outcome sustained Field or occupation Not stated in the extracted decision plan. Final merits discussed Yes

Criteria Discussed

  • awards

  • judging

  • leading_critical_role

  • membership

  • published_material

  • scholarly_articles

Criteria Accepted

  • awards

  • judging

  • published_material

Criteria Rejected

  • scholarly_articles

Core Lesson

On appeal, you must explicitly contest every denied criterion; otherwise the AAO will not review that criterion and will leave the denial unchanged.

Evidence Issue

  • The petitioner did not provide evidence of significance for scholarly articles, which the AAO noted belongs in the final merits analysis

  • The AAO did not rule on the leading‑critical‑role and membership criteria because the petitioner failed to contest the Director's denial of those criteria on appeal

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