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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL182005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found awards/grants not qualifying prizes, contributions and authorship not sufficient to establish acclaim, and instructor role not leading/critical for a distinguished university; appeal dismissed.
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 is a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL182005_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 18, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial of Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Legacy 2005 decision with an overall eligibility/acclaim assessment, not a distinct modern final-merits stage. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found awards/grants not qualifying prizes, contributions and authorship not sufficient to establish acclaim, and instructor role not leading/critical for a distinguished university; appeal dismissed.
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 7 |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner held a physics degree and Candidate of Science diploma, worked in Ukraine, Taiwan, and at the University of Connecticut Health Center, and was an instructor at filing.; pages: 2; 5
claim: The claimed International Renaissance Foundation/International Science Foundation “prize” was unsupported by a full certified translation and evidence of significance; research grants were funding rather than recognition of past achievement.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Letters described NMR methods, neuropeptide structures, onconase, and cofilin research, but did not establish demonstrated field-wide adoption or major significance; several asserted impacts were prospective.; pages: 4; 5; 6
claim: The record showed scholarly publications, but lacked evidence of their impact; the petitioner would meet only one criterion even if authorship were counted.; pages: 7
claim: The petitioner’s instructor position at the University of Connecticut did not establish a leading or critical role for the university as a whole.; pages: 7
claim: The AAO described the petitioner as talented with tremendous research potential but found he had not established top-of-field standing or sustained acclaim.; pages: 8
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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