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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL192005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish three qualifying criteria or sustained acclaim as an RF/microwave engineering researcher.
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 Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision and the reviewed appeal concerns the claimed classification.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL192005_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 19, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of service-center denial of EB-1A petition; AAO review; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO considered the record as a whole and found it did not demonstrate sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish three qualifying criteria or sustained acclaim as an RF/microwave engineering researcher.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 7 |
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 petitioner sought classification as a researcher in radio-frequency and microwave engineering.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The evidence did not establish qualifying awards, membership, published material, judging, major-significance contributions, scholarly authorship, or a leading/critical role.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7
claim: The AAO found no sustained national or international acclaim/top-of-field standing and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 7; 8
How this record may be used in research
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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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