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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR042024_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Only scholarly authorship was established; other criteria on appeal were not 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: Decision expressly identifies EB-1 extraordinary-ability Form I-140 under INA 203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR042024_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2024-03-04 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability in AI/app development |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO de novo appeal of Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO finds the initial three-criterion threshold unmet and dismisses; no final-merits determination is made. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only scholarly authorship was established; other criteria on appeal were not 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 | Not met — p. 3 |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 2 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 6 |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 7 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 8 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner is an AI/app developer from Russia with engineering education, prior IT work, apps, trading algorithms, competitions, and scholarly articles.; pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO affirmed authorship of scholarly articles; it rejected awards for lack of national/international recognition, memberships lacking outstanding-selection requirements, and media lacking professional/major status.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Judging commissions were business/tax-related rather than AI/app work; software product selection was not shown to judge developers’ work in the field.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Support letters and claimed app adoption lacked independent evidence of major field-wide impact.; pages: 5; 6
claim: AAO rejected display as scientific conferences/apps were not artistic exhibitions; leadership lacked distinguished reputation/critical contribution; high salary evidence was region-specific and insufficient.; pages: 6; 7; 8
claim: Appeal dismissed because only one criterion was established.; pages: 1; 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
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