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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL222019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Scholarly authorship, judging and high salary are found to meet initial criteria, but the totality does not demonstrate sustained acclaim or that petitioner is among the small percentage at the top of the field; 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 physical source identifies an AAO matter concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL222019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 22, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from Nebraska Service Center EB-1A denial; appeal dismissed after formal final-merits determination. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision expressly reaches the formal final-merits determination after initial criteria are met and finds the totality insufficient to establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field status. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Scholarly authorship, judging and high salary are found to meet initial criteria, but the totality does not demonstrate sustained acclaim or that petitioner is among the small percentage at the top of the field; 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 met — p. 6 |
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 | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is an orthopedic surgeon and researcher; the record includes scholarly articles, peer review and a hospital residency-selection role.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO accepts scholarly authorship, judging and high salary for initial threshold purposes, but finds awards, membership, published material, original contributions and leading role deficient.; evidence_pages: 2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: Final merits weighs limited citation context, career recognition, award history and roles, finding insufficient sustained acclaim at the top of orthopedics.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 8; 9
claim: Appeal dismissed after formal final-merits analysis.; evidence_pages: 9
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How to use this record
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