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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision JAN062020_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO withdraws the Director’s finding on original contributions and finds the petitioner did not establish the required initial threshold; final merits is not reached.
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: Complete identity-matched AAO decision concerning EB-1A extraordinary-ability eligibility.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN062020_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-01-06 |
Classification / field stated in source | researcher in electrical engineering and power systems; EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A petition. The Director found judging, scholarly authorship, and original contributions; AAO withdraws the original-contributions finding, leaving fewer than three criteria, so final merits is not reached. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO withdraws the Director’s finding on original contributions and finds the petitioner did not establish the required initial threshold; final merits is not reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO withdraws the Director’s finding on original contributions and finds the petitioner did not establish the required initial threshold; final merits is not reached.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — 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 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a researcher in electrical engineering whose claimed work concerns power systems and grid stability.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The Director found judging, scholarly authorship, and original contributions; AAO withdraws the finding that original contributions are met.; pages: 2; 6
claim: Letters, citations, conference work, and claimed algorithms do not establish original contributions of major significance.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: With fewer than three criteria established, AAO does not reach final merits and dismisses.; pages: 6; 7
How this record may be used in research
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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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