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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN162009_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO found scholarly authorship met; awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, display, leading/critical role, and high salary not met. Only one criterion established.
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: Opening page identifies EB-1A classification and final page confirms appeal disposition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN162009_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 16, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Only one criterion was established; AAO concluded the record did not establish sustained acclaim and dismissed without a separate final-merits stage. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found scholarly authorship met; awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, display, leading/critical role, and high salary not met. Only one criterion established.
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 | |
Membership | Not met — p. 6 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 6 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 11 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought EB-1A as a gastroenterologist; AAO reviewed awards, peer review, original work, publications, and leadership claims.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found scholarly authorship met based on the submitted articles/case-study evidence, but found the remaining discussed criteria insufficient.; pages: 10; 12
claim: One criterion met; appeal dismissed.; pages: 12; 13
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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