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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision NOV082007_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Source classification on the cover is “Outstanding Professor or Researcher” (EB-1B), not EB-1A extraordinary ability. Hold out of the EB-1A corpus; no EB-1A criterion/final-merits analysis should be inferred.
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: Source is an EB-1B outstanding-professor/researcher decision; excluded from EB-1A corpus.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV082007_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 8, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1B outstanding professor/researcher |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO decision on an EB-1B outstanding professor/researcher petition and adjustment-related issues; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | EB-1A final merits is not applicable: the petition is EB-1B outstanding professor/researcher. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Source classification on the cover is “Outstanding Professor or Researcher” (EB-1B), not EB-1A extraordinary ability. Hold out of the EB-1A corpus; no EB-1A criterion/final-merits analysis should be inferred.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
true
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The cover identifies the petition as classification as an outstanding professor or researcher, distinct from extraordinary ability.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: The decision discusses EB-1B statutory/regulatory provisions and the beneficiary’s qualifying professor/researcher employment evidence.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15
claim: Because the source is EB-1B, it is out of scope for the requested EB-1A decision corpus and must not be summarized as an EB-1A case.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 15; 16
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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