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EB-1A membership — AAO decision FEB132013_02B2203: Appeal dismissed (p. 16). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB132013_02B2203: Appeal dismissed (p. 16). Petitioner did not establish three criteria. Because the Director’s sole basis was a final-merits determination, AAO also conducted final merits and found no sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing in neurobiology (pp. 4, 12-15).
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Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB132013_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 13, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A sciences petition by a postdoctoral research associate in neurobiology (p. 2). |
Procedural posture | Nebraska Service Center denial appealed by petitioner/beneficiary; AAO dismissed as relating to LIN 13 900 48512 (pp. 2, 16). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (p. 16). |
Final-merits status | Formal final-merits determination conducted and adverse; aggregate record did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing in neurobiology (pp. 12-15). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Petitioner did not establish three criteria. Because the Director’s sole basis was a final-merits determination, AAO also conducted final merits and found no sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing in neurobiology (pp. 4, 12-15).
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 met — source PDF |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | unclear |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Redacted and nonprecedent; decision includes an abandoned issue and an expressly met judging criterion, which must not be flattened into all-negative criteria.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Case-linked FAQ can clarify why one qualifying criterion is insufficient and how the AAO evaluated current-lab research, while preserving the decision’s procedural posture.
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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