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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR122014_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Appeal dismissed after criterion-by-criterion review. The decision expressly finds scholarly-authorship criterion met, while the original-contributions evidence does not establish major significance; the other claims do not establish the required threshold.
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 is an EB-1A Form I-140 decision; the MAY142014 decision is moot and should not be treated as an adjudicated substantive outcome.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR122014_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 12, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability Form I-140 |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal by self-represented research scientist from Texas Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The disposition rests on failure to establish at least three criteria; the decision does not conduct a distinct final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed after criterion-by-criterion review. The decision expressly finds scholarly-authorship criterion met, while the original-contributions evidence does not establish major significance; the other claims do not establish the required threshold.
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 — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 14 |
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 sought EB-1A classification as a research scientist in the sciences.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO analyzed claimed awards/fellowships, membership, judging, original contributions and scholarly authorship; it found scholarly authorship of peer-reviewed articles established.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 7; 8; 9; 10; 12; 14
claim: The AAO found the record insufficient to establish major-significance impact of the original research; the final pages distinguish that criterion from authorship.; evidence_pages: 12; 13; 14
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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