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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL232019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO agrees scholarly authorship and leading/critical role criteria are met but finds fewer than three criteria; final merits is not reached and appeal is 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: Complete identity-matched AAO decision concerning EB-1A extraordinary-ability eligibility or the procedural review of such eligibility.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL232019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2019-07-23 |
Classification / field stated in source | mathematician at a college; EB-1A extraordinary-ability proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal from EB-1A denial; Director found two criteria, and AAO reviews awards, membership, original contributions, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical role. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO agrees scholarly authorship and leading/critical role criteria are met but finds fewer than three criteria; final merits is not reached and appeal is dismissed. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO agrees scholarly authorship and leading/critical role criteria are met but finds fewer than three criteria; final merits is not reached and appeal is 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 | |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 5 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 6 |
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: AAO identifies the petitioner as a mathematician and notes the Director found only two criteria.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Awards and membership evidence did not establish qualifying recognition or outstanding-achievement admission requirements.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Original contributions evidence did not establish major significance.; pages: 4; 5
claim: AAO finds scholarly authorship and leading/critical role criteria met but threshold remains fewer than three.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Final merits not reached; order dismisses appeal.; pages: 6; 7
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
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