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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision MAR272018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR272018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. One criterion, display of work, was met. Awards, association membership, published material, original contributions, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical role failed. AAO found fewer than three criteria; no separate final-merits stage. (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.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR272018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 27, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | Journalism; Russian journalist and author. |
Procedural posture | Appeal and motion-related procedural history; AAO evaluates extraordinary-ability petition and dismisses appeal. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not reached separately after threshold failure; aggregate conclusion adverse. (p. 9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
One criterion, display of work, was met. Awards, association membership, published material, original contributions, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical role failed. AAO found fewer than three criteria; no separate final-merits stage. (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 |
|---|---|
Awards | Not met — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Potential individual explainer on translation completeness, journalism versus scholarly authorship, and the unusual display finding for a book presentation.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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