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EB-1A awards — AAO decision DEC102018_01B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC102018_01B2203: dismissed. The petitioner established judging and scholarly authorship. The AAO found the claimed awards and original contributions did not satisfy the evidentiary criteria, leaving fewer than three criteria.
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: The source is a complete AAO EB-1A decision or motion involving an EB-1A proceeding.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC102018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2018-12-10 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A decision or motion proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of a Form I-140 EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO did not make a final-merits determination because the initial criterion threshold was not established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner established judging and scholarly authorship. The AAO found the claimed awards and original contributions did not satisfy the evidentiary criteria, leaving fewer than three criteria.
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 considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 6 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
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: The record established peer review of manuscripts and authorship of scholarly articles; the AAO treated judging and scholarly authorship as met. (pp. 2, 6); pages: 2; 6
claim: The awards evidence consisted of scholarships/awards without evidence establishing the required recognition; original contributions lacked proof of impact on clinical practice, guidelines, or the field. (pp. 2–5); pages: 2; 5
claim: The initial-evidence threshold was not met; final merits was not reached. (p. 6); pages: 6
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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