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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JUN132005_27B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN132005_27B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO withdrew the Director’s favorable scholarly-authorship finding and found no three-criterion threshold; the decision’s closing acclaim assessment was not a separate Kazarian final-merits determination. (pp. 3–9).
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN132005_27B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 13, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Sciences/business; Romanian marketing researcher and market-research analyst |
Procedural posture | Appeal of California Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination because the three-criterion threshold was not met; the AAO’s conclusion found the evidence insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed. The AAO withdrew the Director’s favorable scholarly-authorship finding and found no three-criterion threshold; the decision’s closing acclaim assessment was not a separate Kazarian final-merits determination. (pp. 3–9)
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
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Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | Not met — source PDF |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Foreign-language association statutes were only partially translated; the AAO found translations incomplete and did not credit unsupported membership assertions. (pp. 4–5)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A source-cited researcher explainer can distinguish academic publication from field impact and explain why partial translations and local role evidence were insufficient in this 2005 decision.
Page-level source trail
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How to use this record
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