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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JUN112008_03B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal and the petition remained denied. Review source status, procedural posture and…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN112008_03B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal and the petition remained denied. AAO found the petitioner did not satisfy at least three criteria and also lacked clear evidence he would continue work in environmental management in the United States; the evidence did not show sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing (pp. 14-15).
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 | JUN112008_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 11, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition in environmental management; petitioner had worked in environmental management and later operated a carpet-cleaning business (pp. 2, 14). |
Procedural posture | Director denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 15). |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed the appeal and the petition remained denied. |
Final-merits status | No distinct Kazarian final-merits phase; the initial three-category requirement was not met. The concluding discussion also found insufficient sustained acclaim and no clear continued-work plan in the area of expertise (pp. 14-15). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the petitioner did not satisfy at least three criteria and also lacked clear evidence he would continue work in environmental management in the United States; the evidence did not show sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing (pp. 14-15).
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 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 met |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
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
No source hold; identity is environmental manager, not a generic environmental-science finding.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A case page can answer how claimed senior environmental-management experience and a different U.S. business were treated, with citations to the decision (pp. 2, 14-15).
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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