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EB-1A three-criterion threshold — AAO decision MAY262021_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (see cited pages). Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY262021_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (see cited pages). The Director found none of the criteria met. AAO rejected published-material, judging, scholarly-authorship, and artistic-display claims; it reserved original-contribution and leading/critical-role claims because the threshold could not be met. (pp. 2–7).
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 | MAY262021_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 26, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | Engineering; petitioner had engineering and business degrees and worked in project/system development roles. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (see cited pages). |
Final-merits status | Not reached as a separate final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were established; aggregate evidence was stated to be insufficient. (pp. 6–7) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director found none of the criteria met. AAO rejected published-material, judging, scholarly-authorship, and artistic-display claims; it reserved original-contribution and leading/critical-role claims because the threshold could not be met. (pp. 2–7)
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 met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not reached |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — 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: Useful engineering comparator on employer/product publicity, training versus judging, scholarly publications, and the limits of comparable evidence. Individual case page; make reserved findings visibly distinct from adverse findings.
Editorial use note: Individual case page; make reserved findings visibly distinct from adverse findings.
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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