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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JAN082016_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO concluded the initial evidence did not satisfy at least three criteria. Its discussion of the total record is not a separate favorable final-merits determination.
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: The source decision identifies an EB-1A Form I-140 petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN082016_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2016-01-08 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability under INA §203(b)(1)(A) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal of Texas Service Center EB-1A denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO expressly states that it need not provide the Kazarian final-merits determination because the petitioner failed the antecedent three-criterion threshold. It nevertheless says aggregate review supports a negative conclusion; classify this as not reached at the formal final-merits stage and describe the aggregate discussion separately. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO concluded the initial evidence did not satisfy at least three criteria. Its discussion of the total record is not a separate favorable final-merits determination.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 7 |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification as a computer and systems engineer.; pages: 1
claim: The petitioner asserted membership, original contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary; the AAO found association memberships did not require outstanding achievement.; pages: 1; 3; 4
claim: Patent filing and technical contributions did not establish original contributions of major significance to the field.; pages: 4; 5; 6
claim: The Director found the petitioner’s role as a Senior IT Systems Engineer met the leading/critical-role criterion; AAO retained that finding.; pages: 7
claim: The Director found high salary met based on compensation and comparative evidence; AAO retained that criterion finding.; pages: 7; 8
claim: The AAO expressly did not reach the Kazarian final-merits stage after finding fewer than three criteria, but separately stated that an aggregate review supported a negative conclusion; it dismissed the appeal.; pages: 8
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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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