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AAO EB-1A decision JUL242013_01B2203: Published material about the person

AAO EB-1A decision JUL242013_01B2203: Published material about the person

EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision JUL242013_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…

Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found scholarly authorship met, but rejected the other discussed criteria; fewer than three criteria were satisfied and the appeal was 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 an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID

JUL242013_01B2203

Decision date as printed

2013-07-24

Classification / field stated in source

EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140)

Procedural posture

Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A Form I-140.

Operative disposition

Appeal dismissed

Final-merits status

The decision finds fewer than three criteria and does not conduct a separate formal final-merits determination.

What the AAO decision addressed

The AAO found scholarly authorship met, but rejected the other discussed criteria; fewer than three criteria were satisfied and the appeal was 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

Not considered — source PDF

Membership

Not considered — source PDF

Published material about the person

Not met — p. 4, p. 5

Judging the work of others

Not met — p. 5, p. 6

Original contributions of major significance

Not met — p. 5, p. 6, p. 7

Scholarly authorship

met — p. 7, p. 8

Artistic display or showcases

abandoned — p. 6, p. 8

Leading or critical role

Not met — p. 7, p. 8

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 seeks classification based on anthropology / environmental-education work; AAO reviews scholarly and organizational evidence.; evidence_pages: 2; 3

  • claim: AAO rejected published-material, judging, original-contribution, and leading/critical-role claims; it credited scholarly authorship. The artistic-display criterion was abandoned/not pursued.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8

  • claim: The decision concludes fewer than three criteria are met and dismisses the appeal.; evidence_pages: 8; 9

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats

Page-level source trail

Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.

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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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for JUL242013_01B2203