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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision DEC192019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The Director’s findings for judging and scholarly articles remained the two established criteria. The AAO found that the petitioner’s research and claimed commercialization/licensing interest did not prove original contributions of major significance. Fewer than three criteria were established.
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 an AAO EB-1A petition appeal and provides decision-specific procedural and evidentiary analysis.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC192019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 19, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition appeal |
Procedural posture | EB-1A appeal; appeal dismissed after fewer than three criteria; formal final merits not reached. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The initial three-criterion threshold was not established; AAO did not conduct a formal final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director’s findings for judging and scholarly articles remained the two established criteria. The AAO found that the petitioner’s research and claimed commercialization/licensing interest did not prove original contributions of major significance. Fewer than three criteria were established.
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 | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
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-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a postdoctoral biomedical engineering researcher; the Director had found judging and scholarly authorship met, and the petitioner appealed the original-contributions finding.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The petitioner relied on research, citations, expert letters, and commercialization/licensing interest to support original contributions.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found the evidence did not establish that the petitioner’s contributions were of major significance or had demonstrable broad impact in the field.; pages: 3; 4; 5
claim: The source discusses limitations in corroboration and impact evidence rather than treating potential or asserted licensing interest as proven field-wide adoption.; pages: 4; 5
claim: AAO dismissed the appeal without formal final merits because the criterion threshold was not satisfied.; pages: 5; 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
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