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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision JUN072021_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Scholarly authorship and peer-review judging were met. Original contributions were not shown to have already achieved major field-wide impact; citation metrics and letters did not establish unusual influence or adoption.
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: Source is an AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition proceeding; procedural/fraud-limited cases retain their stated caveats.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN072021_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 7, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition appeal / motion, as specified in procedural posture |
Procedural posture | EB-1A appeal dismissed after two criteria; formal final merits not reached, with aggregate observations. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The three-criterion threshold failed; no formal final-merits determination was conducted, though the aggregate evidence did not establish acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Scholarly authorship and peer-review judging were met. Original contributions were not shown to have already achieved major field-wide impact; citation metrics and letters did not establish unusual influence or adoption.
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 — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 2 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a researcher focused on environmental and chemical/petroleum engineering; the Director found authorship and judging met.; pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO agreed there was ample evidence of scholarly authorship and peer review for scientific journals.; pages: 2
claim: Research included an irrigation-water management model, hydrocarbon/oil-gas prediction methods, and wastewater-model work; cited research served as comparison but was not shown to be unusually influential or widely implemented.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: Microsoft Academic percentile figures lacked methodology/context; Clarivate figures lacked complete Web of Science citations and could not establish field percentile or major impact.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Original contributions criterion was not met; only two criteria, so no formal final merits and appeal dismissed.; 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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