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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN242005_24B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN242005_24B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO rejects awards, membership, published-material, judging and original-contribution evidence; it withdraws the director’s prior favorable authorship finding after examining field, impact and citations; no three-criterion threshold or sustained acclaim.
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 physical source identifies an AAO appeal concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN242005_24B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 24, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Public-copy, nonprecedent AAO appeal from California Service Center denial of EB-1A; petitioner sought classification as researcher/lecturer in computational science; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision does not reach a separate formal final-merits determination because the threshold of three initial evidentiary criteria was not met. Where noted, the AAO separately discusses aggregate acclaim in its overall eligibility conclusion; this is distinguished from a reached formal final-merits stage. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO rejects awards, membership, published-material, judging and original-contribution evidence; it withdraws the director’s prior favorable authorship finding after examining field, impact and citations; no three-criterion threshold or sustained acclaim.
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 met — p. 3 |
Membership | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
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: The petitioner’s record concerns mineral flotation/engineering research, including phase separation, flotation devices and mineral-resource reports; her proposed U.S. field was computational science.; evidence_pages: 2; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO finds scholarships/training not qualifying awards, association requirements unproven, and old or work-centered publications insufficient as media about petitioner.; evidence_pages: 3; 4
claim: Judging claims based on peer review and student supervision do not show judging in the same/allied field at required level.; evidence_pages: 4; 5
claim: Patents, letters, company reports and citation counts do not establish original contributions of major significance in computational science; authorship publication impact is inadequate and director’s favorable finding is withdrawn.; evidence_pages: 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: The decision finds sustained acclaim unestablished and dismisses the appeal.; evidence_pages: 9; 10
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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