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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision MAR192021_01B2203: Revocation affirmed; appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR192021_01B2203: Revocation affirmed; appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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: in_scope_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR192021_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2021-03-19 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal in revocation proceeding following prior approval of an EB-1A petition.; citation_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Appeal in revocation proceeding following prior approval of an EB-1A petition.; director_findings: Only as stated in this reviewed decision; prior proceeding facts are identified as history where applicable. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Revocation affirmed; appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'AAO agrees that the petitioner satisfied only two criteria and that the record did not establish original contributions of major significance. The approval was revoked because the record did not establish eligibility at filing and did not demonstrate prospective benefit; AAO concludes extraordinary-ability eligibility was not shown.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | The decision finds the initial threshold unmet and affirms revocation; no favorable final-merits finding is made. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — 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 |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Narrow comparison for biomedical researchers in revocation cases: criterion findings and distinction between publication/citation activity and independent proof of major significance.', 'caveats': 'Revocation context; two criteria alone are insufficient. Do not present the earlier approval as the final AAO result.'}
Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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