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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL162009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO finds two criteria (judging and authorship) but not the required three. Research grant, memberships, media, original contributions, and leadership evidence are insufficient; no 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: Physical source is an AAO/SCOPS decision on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL162009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 16, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision concludes the petitioner met only two criteria when three are required; no final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO finds two criteria (judging and authorship) but not the required three. Research grant, memberships, media, original contributions, and leadership evidence are insufficient; no 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 | Not met — p. 5 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a biotechnology researcher and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO finds judging and scholarly authorship criteria met but rejects awards, membership, published material, contributions, and leading/critical role.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
claim: The AAO finds only two criteria established, so the required three-criterion threshold is not met and final merits is not reached.; evidence_pages: 12; 13
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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