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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision DEC012014_01B2203: A tuberculosis-prevention/control expert's appeal was sustained; the…
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC012014_01B2203: A tuberculosis-prevention/control expert’s appeal was sustained; the Director’s decision was withdrawn and the petition approved.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC012014_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2014-12-01 |
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Operative disposition | A tuberculosis-prevention/control expert's appeal was sustained; the Director's decision was withdrawn and the petition approved. |
Final-merits status | aggregate_discussion: yes; formal_kazarian_determination: yes; result: positive |
What the AAO decision addressed
A tuberculosis-prevention/control expert's appeal was sustained; the Director's decision was withdrawn and the petition approved.
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 treated as a required criterion in the AAO's three-criterion basis — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | met; adoption and scaling of TB-control models documented — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not reached; expressly unnecessary after three criteria were met — 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 AAO sustained judging and authorship findings. It additionally found original contributions of major significance based on evidence that the petitioner initiated public-private-mix DOTS pilot models in India and a treatment program in East Timor later adopted/scaled nationally or internationally, supported by reports, newsletter, expert letters, and related records.; pages: 2-4
finding: The AAO expressly conducts final merits. It relies on international public-health roles, expert recognition, substantial editorial/reviewer work, scalable program impact, scholarly work, citations, and public-health programming to find the petitioner among the small percentage at the top with sustained acclaim.; pages: 5-7
finding: The AAO also finds same-field future work and prospective U.S. benefit established; the appeal is sustained and petition approved.; pages: 8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Positive case meeting initial criteria and receiving a formal positive final-merits determination; not a three-criteria failure.
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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