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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision FEB062013_01B2203: AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 12). Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB062013_01B2203: AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 12). Judging was credited; contributions, scholarly authorship in the claimed field, organization-role evidence across the plural organizations required by the AAO, and high-remuneration comparison were not established. The three-criteria threshold was unmet. (pp. 4–11).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB062013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 6, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A business petition for a beneficiary working in commercial mortgage-backed securities/real-estate financial analysis; the petitioning employer described him as a leading/critical employee. (pp. 2, 6, 9–10) |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial; AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 12) |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 12) |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination was required because the three-criterion threshold was not met; the AAO’s conclusion states the record did not establish eligibility. (pp. 11–12) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Judging was credited; contributions, scholarly authorship in the claimed field, organization-role evidence across the plural organizations required by the AAO, and high-remuneration comparison were not established. The three-criteria threshold was unmet. (pp. 4–11)
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 | met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Nonprecedent; preserve the decision’s specific statutory/regulatory analysis and its distinction between the beneficiary’s role and field-level contribution.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: If editorially cleared, create a source-linked summary that accurately names the procedural posture and order, distinguishes each criterion finding from any final-merits review, and cites the physical PDF pages. Narrow business/finance comparison: role and judging evidence versus field impact and role-for-organization scope; do not generalize the decision’s singular/plural interpretation.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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