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EB-1A final merits — AAO decision FEB252022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB252022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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: in_scope_eb1a_decision_or_related_proceeding. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB252022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2022-02-25 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition.; citation_pages: 2; 3; 4; classification: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'The AAO found scholarly authorship but concluded the claimed awards and other evidence did not establish three criteria. It then considered final merits and found the total record did not show sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | Final-merits determination was conducted and the record did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. |
What the AAO decision addressed
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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 considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Narrow academic-research comparison on authored scholarship, citation history and final merits.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent; citation metrics and retrospective publications were assessed in context.'}
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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