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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN172012_02B2203: AAO described petitioner as a researcher with promise, but found one student-limited award, membership…
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN172012_02B2203: AAO described petitioner as a researcher with promise, but found one student-limited award, membership, moderate publication/citation record, and project roles insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing (pp. 17-19).
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_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN172012_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 17, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition in the sciences for a research investigator; record includes scholarly articles, citations, presentations, and reviewer activity (pp. 2, 17-19). |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 19). |
Operative disposition | AAO described petitioner as a researcher with promise, but found one student-limited award, membership, moderate publication/citation record, and project roles insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing (pp. 17-19). |
Final-merits status | Separate final-merits discussion appears and is adverse (pp. 17-19). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO described petitioner as a researcher with promise, but found one student-limited award, membership, moderate publication/citation record, and project roles insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing (pp. 17-19).
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 |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | unclear |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source identity or page-completeness hold; claimant identity is redacted in public copies. See caution/hold in content opportunity where noted.
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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