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AAO EB-1A decision JUN192013_01B2203: Published material about the person

EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision JUN192013_01B2203: appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…

Decision summary: AAO decision JUN192013_01B2203: appeal dismissed. The AAO reached final merits and concluded the evidence did not establish the petitioner among the small percentage at the top of the field.

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: The source is an AAO decision concerning a Form I-140 EB-1A petition under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID	JUN192013_01B2203
Decision date as printed	June 19, 2013
Classification / field stated in source	AAO decision concerning a Form I-140 petition for EB-1A classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).
Procedural posture	Nonprecedent AAO appeal by a medicinal research scientist; appeal dismissed.
Operative disposition	appeal dismissed
Final-merits status	The AAO conducted final-merits review and found the record did not show sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing.

What the AAO decision addressed

evidence_pages: 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; text: The AAO reached final merits and concluded the evidence did not establish the petitioner among the small percentage at the top of the field.

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 met — p. 6
Judging the work of others	Not met — p. 7, p. 8
Original contributions of major significance	Not met — p. 8, p. 17
Scholarly authorship	Not met — p. 18
Artistic display or showcases	Not considered — source PDF
Leading or critical role	Not met — p. 18, p. 19
High salary or remuneration	Not met — p. 19, p. 20
Commercial success in the performing arts	Not considered — source PDF

Source-cited findings recorded in review

claim: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification in the sciences as a medicinal research scientist.; evidence_pages: 2; 23
claim: The AAO found the claimed research and citations insufficient to establish original contributions of major significance; it also rejected the submitted judging, leading/critical-role, salary, and other evidence as insufficient.; evidence_pages: 8; 9; 10; 14; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22
claim: The AAO reached final merits and concluded the evidence did not establish the petitioner among the small percentage at the top of the field.; evidence_pages: 20; 21; 22; 23; 24

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

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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Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for JUN192013_01B2203