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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB112013_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Only judging was sustained as a qualifying criterion; the director’s findings on scholarly authorship and leading/critical role were withdrawn, and the remaining evidence did not establish eligibility.
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: Source is an AAO Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision and the reviewed appeal concerns the claimed classification.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB112013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 11, 2013 |
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 denial; AAO de novo review; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Because the director’s denial relied on a final-merits determination, the AAO reviewed the evidence in the aggregate and found no sustained acclaim/top-of-field position. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only judging was sustained as a qualifying criterion; the director’s findings on scholarly authorship and leading/critical role were withdrawn, and the remaining evidence did not establish eligibility.
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 | abandoned — p. 4 |
Membership | abandoned — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 5 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 6 |
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 petitioner sought classification as a physician specializing in geriatrics and held medical-director responsibilities.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Awards and association membership were abandoned/not established; the AAO affirmed judging based on the director’s finding but found two poster abstracts and presentation materials did not qualify as scholarly authorship.; pages: 4; 5
claim: The AAO withdrew the director’s leading/critical-role finding because the record did not establish distinguished-reputation organizations and qualifying role evidence; original contributions were also insufficient.; pages: 5; 6; 7
claim: The AAO reviewed the evidence in the aggregate and found no sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing; appeal dismissed.; pages: 7; 8; 9
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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