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EB-1A membership — AAO decision NOV102009_01B2203: Appeal sustained; petition approved. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV102009_01B2203: Appeal sustained; petition approved. Qualifying fellowship membership and authorship; sustained acclaim/top-of-field established.
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: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV102009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 10, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability. |
Procedural posture | NMR researcher appeal; AAO finds acclaim and approves. |
Operative disposition | Appeal sustained; petition approved. |
Final-merits status | reached; sustained acclaim/top-of-field |
What the AAO decision addressed
Qualifying fellowship membership and authorship; sustained acclaim/top-of-field established.
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 |
Membership | met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not considered |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | not considered |
Leading or critical role | not considered |
High salary or remuneration | not considered |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not considered |
Source holds and limits
["Public-copy personal data is redacted; do not reproduce."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Public-copy personal data is redacted; do not reproduce.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Director found authorship only; AAO finds sustained acclaim. (PDF p. 2)
Fellowship requires outstanding achievement; judge/editor service predates filing; contribution evidence limited. (PDF p. 3)
Record supports top-of-field; appeal sustained and approved. (PDF p. 4)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Aggregate only around narrow procedural/evidence issue; distinguish motion holdings from merits decisions.
Editorial use note: Eligible for carefully scoped, cited content with precise posture and nonprecedent status.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Director found authorship only; AAO finds sustained acclaim.
PDF page 4 — Record supports top-of-field; appeal sustained and approved.
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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