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AAO EB-1A decision MAR112011_04B2203: Awards

EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR112011_04B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed; petition denied Operative order and disposition in the source decision.

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: Source is an AAO decision concerning 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	MAR112011_04B2203
Decision date as printed	March 11, 2011
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	AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A petition filed April 23, 2009.
Operative disposition	Appeal dismissed; petition denied
Final-merits status	The AAO conducted final-merits review and found the record insufficient to establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing.

What the AAO decision addressed

Operative order and disposition in the source decision.

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. 6, p. 7, p. 8
Membership	Not met — p. 8, p. 9, p. 10
Published material about the person	Not considered — source PDF
Judging the work of others	met — p. 10, p. 11
Original contributions of major significance	Not met — p. 11, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 15, p. 16, p. 17
Scholarly authorship	met — p. 17
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 was an optometry researcher; the petition was filed April 23, 2009.; evidence_pages: 5
claim: The AAO found peer reviewing/judging and scholarly authorship met, but found awards, membership, and original contributions not established.; evidence_pages: 6; 8; 10; 11; 12; 16; 17
claim: Final merits failed; the AAO dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 17; 18; 20; 22

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats

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 MAR112011_04B2203