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EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG102005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Judging and leading/critical role were met. Awards, membership, published material, original contributions, scholarly authorship, and other discussed claims were not established. Final merits reached and not satisfied.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity and posture checked against opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | AUG102005_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | August 10, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO found two criteria met, then assessed the totality and found sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing not established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Judging and leading/critical role were met. Awards, membership, published material, original contributions, scholarly authorship, and other discussed claims were not established. Final merits reached and not satisfied.
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 | Not met — p. 5 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 6 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
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: Beneficiary worked in earth systems science, remote sensing, and hydrometeorology, including NOAA-related work.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Peer reviewing and service on a NOAA/NSF panel met judging; principal-scientist role for a distinguished organization met leading/critical role.; pages: 6; 8
claim: The remaining discussed evidence was insufficient; final merits failed and appeal was dismissed.; pages: 3; 9; 10
How this record may be used in research
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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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