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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR142013_01B2203: AAO also entered a separate administrative finding of willful material misrepresentation. (pp. 2, 13).…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR142013_01B2203: AAO also entered a separate administrative finding of willful material misrepresentation. (pp. 2, 13). AAO found the award evidence inconsistent with the awarding organization’s official information and found articles by other researchers submitted as the petitioner’s own. It dismissed and made a willful-material-misrepresentation finding. (pp. 3–8, 13).
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Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR142013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 14, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A science petition concerning a marine-biologist/researcher and a claimed Marsh Ecology Award. The decision also addresses allegedly misattributed authorship of scientific articles. (pp. 2–3) |
Procedural posture | Appeal dismissed; AAO also entered a separate administrative finding of willful material misrepresentation. (pp. 2, 13) |
Operative disposition | AAO also entered a separate administrative finding of willful material misrepresentation. (pp. 2, 13) |
Final-merits status | AAO found the three-criterion threshold unmet; it also made a distinct willful material-misrepresentation finding for consideration in any future proceeding. (pp. 2–3, 12–13) |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the award evidence inconsistent with the awarding organization’s official information and found articles by other researchers submitted as the petitioner’s own. It dismissed and made a willful-material-misrepresentation finding. (pp. 3–8, 13)
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Substantive caution: this decision makes a willful material misrepresentation finding; any summary must clearly distinguish that finding from the EB-1A criterion analysis and avoid extrapolation beyond the stated record.
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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