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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY282008_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY282008_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found no three criteria: student financial-aid awards were not qualifying prizes; membership, press, judging, contributions, authorship, and roles were not adequately established. (pp. 3–11).
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_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY282008_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 28, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | Scientist in agricultural science, with research in soybean cultivation and agricultural development. |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal of Vermont Service Center denial; petitioner submitted awards/scholarships, association, publication, judging, contribution, authorship and role evidence. (pp. 1–3) |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination; the decision predates Kazarian and finds insufficient evidence under the claimed criteria. (pp. 3–11) |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found no three criteria: student financial-aid awards were not qualifying prizes; membership, press, judging, contributions, authorship, and roles were not adequately established. (pp. 3–11)
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
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 |
Source holds and limits
The cited awards were academic financial aid, not field prizes; avoid listing them as recognized awards. (pp. 3–4); Older adjudication; do not present its analysis as current policy. (pp. 2–11)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Source-cited case note explaining why student funding awards are different from field-recognized prizes and why authorship is separate from 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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