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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY032007_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Only scholarly authorship was established. Awards, judging, and original contributions were rejected; the three-criterion threshold failed and appeal dismissed.
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: Source is an AAO decision involving an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY032007_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 3, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; petitioner sought classification as a postdoctoral research associate. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Fewer than three criteria were met; decision says it does not proceed to a final-merits determination and concludes aggregate evidence insufficient. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only scholarly authorship was established. Awards, judging, and original contributions were rejected; the three-criterion threshold failed and appeal dismissed.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — 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 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner sought EB-1A as a postdoctoral research associate; research concerned fish biology, aquatic systems, and related science.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 6; 7
claim: The AAO rejected awards, judging, and original contributions; it accepted scholarly authorship.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: The AAO found the three-criterion threshold unmet, no final-merits determination was necessary, and dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 9; 10
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
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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