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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN112012_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found judging and scholarly authorship criteria met, but concluded the overall record did not establish extraordinary ability at final merits.
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 AAO EB-1A decision. This does not make the decision binding precedent; case-specific procedural and merits-stage caveats are retained.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN112012_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 11, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability Form I-140 |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal of Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision has a Final Merits Determination beginning on page 15 and finds the aggregate evidence insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field status. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found judging and scholarly authorship criteria met, but concluded the overall record did not establish extraordinary ability at final merits.
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 | |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 14 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 14 |
Leading or critical role | |
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 petition sought EB-1A classification in the sciences based on orthopedic surgery and medical research.; evidence_pages: 2; 6
claim: The AAO reviewed awards, memberships, publications, judging, original contributions, authorship, artistic display and leading/critical roles.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17
claim: The decision found judging and scholarly authorship met, while final-merits review found the aggregate evidence insufficient; appeal dismissed.; evidence_pages: 5; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18
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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