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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision MAY302019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (p. 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY302019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (p. 6). Newspaper advertisements promoting petitioner’s services were not qualifying published material; the translated Chinese article was incomplete and the Flushing Times article lacked circulation/audience evidence. Judging of applicants was established. Books/articles lacked complete certified translations or scholarly form. Leading roles were shown, but distinguished reputation of the schools/organizations was not (pp. 3–6).
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 | MAY302019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 30, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A education appeal; petitioner is an educator whose evidence included Chinese-language test-preparation books/materials and school leadership. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial. AAO found one discussed criterion met (judging), rejected claimed published-material, scholarly-authorship and leading/critical-role theories, and dismissed (pp. 2–6). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (p. 6). |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination; AAO found the initial three-criterion threshold unmet and stated its aggregate review did not establish acclaim (p. 6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Newspaper advertisements promoting petitioner’s services were not qualifying published material; the translated Chinese article was incomplete and the Flushing Times article lacked circulation/audience evidence. Judging of applicants was established. Books/articles lacked complete certified translations or scholarly form. Leading roles were shown, but distinguished reputation of the schools/organizations was not (pp. 3–6).
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 |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
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-cited findings recorded in review
Citations are physical PDF page numbers. Every physical page was visually inspected in page order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful education-content example on advertorials, partial translations, judging actual work, scholarly-publication standards, and role versus institutional reputation. Potential case page with careful explanation that one criterion was met while three asserted theories failed; retain translation and advertising distinctions. No CMS edits or publication were made.
Editorial use note: Potential case page with careful explanation that one criterion was met while three asserted theories failed; retain translation and advertising distinctions. No CMS edits or publication were made.
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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