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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision MAR212008_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR212008_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Director found judging and scholarly authorship; AAO withdrew judging and contribution claims failed. Scholarly authorship remained the only criterion accepted. Association, published-material, leading-role, high-salary and display claims were not established/not applicable. (pp. 2–9).
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.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR212008_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 21, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | Plasma science; postdoctoral associate/researcher in computational plasma dynamics |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate modern final-merits step; aggregate review found talent but not sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director found judging and scholarly authorship; AAO withdrew judging and contribution claims failed. Scholarly authorship remained the only criterion accepted. Association, published-material, leading-role, high-salary and display claims were not established/not applicable. (pp. 2–9)
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 |
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Awards | Not coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not 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 met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
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How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Scientific research comparator on routine peer review, independent citation/implementation, postdoctoral publication expectations, and local wage comparisons. Individual legacy decision; director’s judging finding expressly withdrawn; only authorship accepted.
Editorial use note: Individual legacy decision; director’s judging finding expressly withdrawn; only authorship accepted.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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