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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision MAY152018_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY152018_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Two articles about the historian met published-material requirements; four books met authorship. Support letters did not establish existing contributions of major significance; claims of popularity/novelty did not show field impact.
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: EB-1A source; substantive decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY152018_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 15, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal dismissed |
Procedural posture | AAO found published material and authorship met, original contributions not met; fewer than three criteria, appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | not reached as formal final-merits; fewer than three criteria. AAO separately noted total record did not establish required acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Two articles about the historian met published-material requirements; four books met authorship. Support letters did not establish existing contributions of major significance; claims of popularity/novelty did not show field impact.
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 reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | met |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — 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 reached |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover dates Matter of Z-L- May 15, 2018; petitioner works in Chinese history.; pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO found two translated articles about petitioner in major media met published-material criterion.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found four authored books met the scholarly-authorship criterion.; pages: 3
claim: AAO found letters did not identify specific existing major impact; prospective theoretical value and popularity among younger readers were insufficient for original contributions.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Only two criteria established; AAO dismissed appeal and found record did not support required expertise.; pages: 4
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for cited humanities/author content with clear distinction between criterion evidence and original-contribution impact.
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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