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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision MAR232010_01B2203: Director decision withdrawn; appeal sustained and petition approved. Review source…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR232010_01B2203: Director decision withdrawn; appeal sustained and petition approved. Director accepted major contributions and scholarly authorship; AAO accepted judging evidence (peer reviewer and editorial-board service) and found final-merits sustained acclaim through highly cited work, commercialization/industrial use and expert letters.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR232010_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 23, 2010 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability petition / AAO decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO applied two-step Kazarian review. |
Operative disposition | Director decision withdrawn; appeal sustained and petition approved. |
Final-merits status | reached_and_favorable |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director accepted major contributions and scholarly authorship; AAO accepted judging evidence (peer reviewer and editorial-board service) and found final-merits sustained acclaim through highly cited work, commercialization/industrial use and expert letters.
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | met |
Scholarly authorship | |
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
"Supporting paper, business evidence, letters, and current source exhibits are not included; one article citation count is as of filing."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: AAO found contribution, authorship and judging criteria satisfied; editorial board role at Express Polymer Letters supported judging criterion.; pages: 4
claim: Final merits cited a >100-citation article, former Max Planck Institute employment, Sandia National Laboratory position, and evidence company built production line based on research into conductive polymers.; pages: 5
claim: AAO concluded sustained acclaim/top-of-field, continued-work intent and prospective benefit; approval order.; pages: 5; 6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion_with_careful_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Appeal posture, Director’s findings and legal framework.
PDF page 3 — Kazarian two-step framework and evidentiary criteria.
PDF page 5 — Field impact, citations, editorial role and industrial adoption.
PDF page 6 — Final eligibility conclusion and approval order.
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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