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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision NOV072022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV072022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Threshold judging, scholarly authorship and original contributions were found met by the Director. AAO considered the totality and found the petitioner’s record in large collaborations, citation counts, and letters insufficient to show he personally had sustained acclaim or was among the small percentage at the top; collaboration scale did not establish his individual standing (pp. 2–6).
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 | NOV072022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 7, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A sciences; research associate in physics involved in large-scale collaborative experiments; appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial. |
Procedural posture | Appeal; Director found three criteria met and made an adverse final-merits determination; AAO reviewed final merits. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). |
Final-merits status | Explicit final-merits analysis reached and adverse; large-collaboration citations and supervisor praise did not establish the petitioner’s individual sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing (pp. 3–6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Threshold judging, scholarly authorship and original contributions were found met by the Director. AAO considered the totality and found the petitioner’s record in large collaborations, citation counts, and letters insufficient to show he personally had sustained acclaim or was among the small percentage at the top; collaboration scale did not establish his individual standing (pp. 2–6).
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 coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | met |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
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 refer to physical PDF page numbers; pages were visually inspected in source order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Strong physics case on collaborative authorship/citation attribution and the distinction between field-level project impact and an individual’s recognized role. Potential individual page centered on final-merits attribution; do not imply the accepted threshold criteria guaranteed eligibility.
Editorial use note: Potential individual page centered on final-merits attribution; do not imply the accepted threshold criteria guaranteed eligibility.
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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