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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR122012_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO found scholarly authorship and high salary met, but awards, membership, and judging not met; other categories not claimed. Fewer than three criteria were met. AAO nonetheless expressly conducted final-merits review and found acclaim/top-of-field status unestablished.
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: Opening page identifies an EB-1A petition and final page confirms appeal disposition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR122012_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 12, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of EB-1A denial; dismissed after explicit final-merits review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO expressly assessed the record in the aggregate and found the petitioner had not established sustained acclaim or that he was among the small percentage at the top of pediatric neurology. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found scholarly authorship and high salary met, but awards, membership, and judging not met; other categories not claimed. Fewer than three criteria were met. AAO nonetheless expressly conducted final-merits review and found acclaim/top-of-field status unestablished.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not considered — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 8 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — p. 5 |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 8 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — p. 5 |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — p. 5 |
High salary or remuneration | met — p. 8 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — p. 5 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification as a pediatric neurologist; AAO assessed awards, membership, publications, salary, and comparable-evidence arguments.; pages: 2; 5
claim: AAO found scholarly authorship and high salary met but awards, membership, and judging not met; other criteria were not claimed.; pages: 5; 9
claim: AAO conducted final-merits review and dismissed.; pages: 11; 13
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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