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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision JUN092023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Only judging was met; original contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary were not established, leaving fewer than three criteria.
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 face identifies an AAO decision on a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition. Field, posture, and final-merits distinctions are preserved in the source-grounded findings.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN092023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 9, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO states three criteria were not met and no formal Kazarian final-merits determination was needed; aggregate discussion nevertheless rejects acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only judging was met; original contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary were not established, leaving fewer than three criteria.
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 considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a plant accountant; claimed judging evidence included review of coworkers’ drafts and an RFP, and claimed original contributions involved accounting methods/tools used by employers.; pages: 1; 3; 4; 5
claim: The AAO found judging met based on review of others’ work for an external request; it withdrew the Director’s favorable leading-role and high-salary findings because organization reputation/role impact and actual comparable earnings were not established.; pages: 3; 5; 6; 7
claim: Letters about cost/time savings and employer work did not establish original contributions of major significance across accounting; workplace methods used at one or several businesses were insufficient without broader field impact.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Only one criterion was established; the AAO said formal final merits was unnecessary, but gave an aggregate review finding no acclaim/top-of-field showing.; pages: 8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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