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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV022011_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found the claimed evidence did not establish the required threshold and found the aggregate record insufficient at final merits; appeal dismissed.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: AAO EB-1A decision; preserve nonprecedent status and case-specific findings.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV022011_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 2, 2011 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability Form I-140 |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | After finding the petitioner failed the three-category threshold, the AAO states it will nonetheless consider final merits and finds the evidence insufficient to establish top-of-field acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the claimed evidence did not establish the required threshold and found the aggregate record insufficient at final merits; appeal dismissed.
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 | |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 8, p. 9, p. 10, p. 11, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 15, p. 16, p. 17, p. 18, p. 19 |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 20 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | met — p. 23 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
true
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petition, filed December 31, 2007, sought classification as a materials engineer.; evidence_pages: 2; 5
claim: The record focused on corrosion, furnace repair, metal-dusting prevention, patents, technical work, peer review, authorship, job responsibilities, and salary.; evidence_pages: 5; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23
claim: The AAO found the overall evidence insufficient to show sustained acclaim as a materials engineer.; evidence_pages: 23; 24; 25; 26; 27
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: not_eligible_held
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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