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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY292008_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found awards, membership, published material, contributions, authorship, and leading-role evidence insufficient and dismissed the appeal.
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 confirmed on opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY292008_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 29, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO considered the evidence in the aggregate and expressly found it did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found awards, membership, published material, contributions, authorship, and leading-role evidence insufficient and dismissed the appeal.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
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: The petitioner was a physics researcher/postdoctoral associate whose claims included awards/grants, association membership, published material, original contributions, scholarly authorship, and a leading role.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The AAO found the awards, membership, published-material, contribution, authorship, and leading-role claims insufficient; the record also showed the petitioner was a Ph.D. student at filing and that the asserted role was an entry-level research associate position.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: The AAO found the record did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 9; 10
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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