AAO research
EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision JUL132005_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL132005_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Fewer than three criteria were established. Awards failed, material/judging evidence largely post-dated filing, major contributions were not established, and publication evidence was limited by filing-date/citation shortcomings. (pp. 3–9).
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 | JUL132005_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 13, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Sciences; epidemiologist and cardiovascular/sleep-health researcher |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial; AAO appellate review; petition filed January 15, 2003. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No distinct Kazarian final-merits stage; AAO found fewer than three criteria and made an adverse overall acclaim/top-of-field finding. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed. Fewer than three criteria were established. Awards failed, material/judging evidence largely post-dated filing, major contributions were not established, and publication evidence was limited by filing-date/citation shortcomings. (pp. 3–9)
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — 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 |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A case explainer can directly answer whether later publications, reviewer invitations, or research recognition can retroactively establish EB-1A eligibility; the decision says they cannot.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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.
Related corpus research
Full-corpus research index
Leading or critical role research
Medicine sector research
Browse the AAO decision index · Read EB-1A evidence guides · Review source and correction methodology.