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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY282009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY282009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The petitioner did not identify specific regulatory criteria, but AAO assessed the evidence under awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, scholarly authorship, display, and leading/critical role. These claims were not established. The decision makes an older aggregate assessment rather than a distinct modern final-merits determination.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity and posture checked against opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY282009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 28, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | No separate modern final-merits step; AAO reviewed the evidence in the aggregate and found it did not distinguish the petitioner as a top-of-field researcher. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not identify specific regulatory criteria, but AAO assessed the evidence under awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, scholarly authorship, display, and leading/critical role. These claims were not established. The decision makes an older aggregate assessment rather than a distinct modern final-merits determination.
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 met — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 6 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 6 |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 11 |
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 was a postdoctoral biomedical researcher in developmental biology, studying tricornered gene/protein signaling.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found student awards and membership insufficient, rejected published-material, judging, contribution, authorship, display, and role claims, and noted future research potential did not establish impact at filing.; pages: 3; 11
claim: The older decision’s aggregate assessment found no sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing; appeal dismissed.; pages: 11
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
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