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EB-1A final merits — AAO decision MAY282021_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY282021_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO finds judging, scholarly authorship, and original contributions all meet the initial criteria; it then finds the overall record fails final merits.
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_AAO_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY282021_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 28, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | Appeal dismissed. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from EB-1A denial; AAO reviews judging, original contributions, and scholarly authorship. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Unfavorable; AAO expressly conducts final merits and finds no sustained acclaim or eligibility despite three criteria being met. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO finds judging, scholarly authorship, and original contributions all meet the initial criteria; it then finds the overall record fails final merits.
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 | Not reached |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | 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: May 28, 2021; petitioner is a postdoctoral research associate in environmental chemistry.; pages: 1
claim: AAO identifies claimed criteria (judging, contributions, authorship); states Director found judging and authorship, while contribution was disputed.; pages: 2
claim: AAO finds evidence of peer review/authorship but does not find claimed environmental-chemistry work contributions of major significance.; pages: 3
claim: AAO explains citation/peer-review evidence does not show sustained acclaim or top-of-field status; appeal dismissed.; pages: 4
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: eligible_for_narrow_fact_grounded_content: True; must_preserve_procedural_posture: True; recommended_use: Useful narrow researcher example separating peer review/authorship from proof that work had major field impact. Do not equate productivity or citations alone with major significance.
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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