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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision JUL292020_02B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied (physical p. 6). Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL292020_02B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied (physical p. 6). AAO found threshold criteria including judging, scholarly authorship, and high remuneration, but held the totality did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. It found claimed original contributions lacked persuasive evidence of major significance and citations lacked adequate context/field impact (pp. 2–6).
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: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL292020_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 29, 2020 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability appeal; wireless communications engineer. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO recognizes sufficient threshold criteria and proceeds to final merits, then dismisses. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition denied (physical p. 6). |
Final-merits status | Reached and adverse: the AAO reviewed the totality and found no sustained acclaim/top-of-field showing despite three threshold criteria (pp. 4–6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found threshold criteria including judging, scholarly authorship, and high remuneration, but held the totality did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. It found claimed original contributions lacked persuasive evidence of major significance and citations lacked adequate context/field impact (pp. 2–6).
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
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How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful for a carefully sourced comparison of high-salary/judging/authorship threshold evidence versus weakly contextualized citation and impact evidence; do not overgeneralize. Individual case page or narrow comparison with other wireless engineering decisions, with nonprecedent status and date.
Editorial use note: Individual case page or narrow comparison with other wireless engineering decisions, with nonprecedent status and date.
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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