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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN242005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO accepted judging and scholarly authorship, but rejected awards, membership, published material and original contributions. Only two criteria were met; the record failed the threshold and appeal was dismissed.
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 decision identifies an EB-1A Form I-140 petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN242005_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2005-06-24 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability under INA §203(b)(1)(A) |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal of denial of EB-1A immigrant petition for a mechanical-engineering researcher; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO found only two criteria and therefore did not reach the next formal final-merits step; it also gave an aggregate acclaim conclusion. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO accepted judging and scholarly authorship, but rejected awards, membership, published material and original contributions. Only two criteria were met; the record failed the threshold and appeal was dismissed.
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. 4 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 8 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
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: Petitioner was a research associate in mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland, working in fluid engineering and thermophysics.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO rejected awards and association membership evidence because award significance and qualifying membership criteria were not documented.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Judging participation was found sufficient; claimed original contributions lacked evidence of field-wide major significance beyond employer benefit.; pages: 5; 6; 7
claim: Scholarly authorship was established, but the record did not show that the work had major significance; only two criteria were met.; pages: 8
claim: The appeal was dismissed.; pages: 8
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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