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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB172011_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO reviewed the evidence under multiple criteria and concluded in final merits that the petitioner’s record did not distinguish her as among the small percentage at the top of the field.
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 EB-1A decision; source-specific procedural caveats are recorded in posture and final-merits fields.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB172011_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 17, 2011 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability Form I-140 |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial of EB-1A petition; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Pages 13–17 contain explicit Final Merits Determination and adverse conclusion. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO reviewed the evidence under multiple criteria and concluded in final merits that the petitioner’s record did not distinguish her as among the small percentage at the top of the field.
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 — p. 6 |
Membership | Not met — p. 7 |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 12 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 13 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner sought EB-1A classification in the sciences for research in financial markets.; evidence_pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO considered awards, membership, contributions, authorship, judging, leading role and high salary, emphasizing limited independent evidence of impact and standing.; evidence_pages: 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13
claim: Explicit final-merits assessment rejects top-of-field standing and sustained acclaim.; evidence_pages: 13; 14; 15; 16; 17
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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