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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN042009_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN042009_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. The source’s stated field and evidence appear inconsistent: it says the petition seeks classification as a jeweler, but discusses obstetrician/gynecologist work at a hospital/railroad clinic, medical awards, and physician salary. It dismisses because awards from an employer are not shown nationally recognized, employment does not establish a distinguished leading/critical role, WJA membership rules are not documented as requiring outstanding achievements, and no comparable physician salary evidence is supplied.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: hold_identity_ambiguity. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN042009_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 4, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field: identity conflict in source: decision describes a jeweler but evaluates medical/obstetrician employment evidence. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; public copy. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "Source identity/field ambiguity: hold. No content publication or aggregation until the occupation/field mismatch is resolved. Findings as written: employer awards=not met; WJA membership=not met; leading/critical role=not met; high salary=not met. Final merits/eligibility threshold not met; appeal dismissed." |
What the AAO decision addressed
The source’s stated field and evidence appear inconsistent: it says the petition seeks classification as a jeweler, but discusses obstetrician/gynecologist work at a hospital/railroad clinic, medical awards, and physician salary. It dismisses because awards from an employer are not shown nationally recognized, employment does not establish a distinguished leading/critical role, WJA membership rules are not documented as requiring outstanding achievements, and no comparable physician salary evidence is supplied.
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
["Source-internal identity/field conflict: stated jeweler classification conflicts with medical/obstetrician evidence; reconcile before publication/aggregation."]
Source-cited findings recorded in review
PDF p. 1: Redacted public-copy cover and June 4, 2009 date.
PDF p. 2: Decision states petition seeks EB-1A classification; recites regulatory criteria.
PDF p. 3: Identifies asserted classification as jeweler, while submitted references describe hospital medical employment and medical awards.
PDF p. 4: Evaluates hospital awards/role and physician remuneration, then separately rejects Women’s Jewelry Association membership for lack of qualifying admission requirements.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Hold from SEO/AEO aggregation due material field/identity inconsistency within the source decision itself. Hold from publication pending source identity/field reconciliation.
Editorial use note: Hold from publication pending source identity/field reconciliation.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Redacted public-copy cover and June 4, 2009 date.
PDF page 2 — Decision states petition seeks EB-1A classification; recites regulatory criteria.
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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