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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision JUN202014_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN202014_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO found fewer than three criteria. It credited judging one external university program review, but found the membership, authorship and leading/critical-role evidence insufficient; the award and published-material theories were abandoned. (pp. 6–9).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN202014_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 20, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | Education; education-program director and founder associated with a Confucius Institute |
Procedural posture | Appeal of denial of an EB-1A petition; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination; the initial three-criterion threshold was not met. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found fewer than three criteria. It credited judging one external university program review, but found the membership, authorship and leading/critical-role evidence insufficient; the award and published-material theories were abandoned. (pp. 6–9)
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 | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — 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 coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Do not imply eligibility: only judging was credited, and the appeal was dismissed below threshold. (pp. 6–9)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Could support a narrow explainer on external program evaluation versus routine review, and the filing-date and plural-authorship requirements.
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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