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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision NOV012010_01B2203: AAO found evidence insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. It found…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV012010_01B2203: AAO found evidence insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. It found peer-review participation met the judging criterion and scholarly authorship criterion was met, but contribution and role evidence did not establish the required field-wide impact/qualifying multiple organizations (pp. 17-23).
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 | NOV012010_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 1, 2010 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition for a plastic surgeon specializing in wound care; record discusses clinical work, medical contributions, peer review, salary, and roles in SMC, IDF and IFM (pp. 2, 5-23). |
Procedural posture | Nebraska Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 25). |
Operative disposition | AAO found evidence insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. It found peer-review participation met the judging criterion and scholarly authorship criterion was met, but contribution and role evidence did not establish the required field-wide impact/qualifying multiple organizations (pp. 17-23). |
Final-merits status | Separate final-merits section and conclusion are adverse; some criterion-level evidence was met (pp. 21-24). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found evidence insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. It found peer-review participation met the judging criterion and scholarly authorship criterion was met, but contribution and role evidence did not establish the required field-wide impact/qualifying multiple organizations (pp. 17-23).
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 coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source identity, completeness, or integrity hold. Public copy redacts claimant identities; no identifying inference should be added.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: High-value professional example if careful with dated medical facts and individual-source claims; nonprecedent and not a substitute for current legal review.
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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