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EB-1A membership — AAO decision NOV122013_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV122013_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Judging and scholarly authorship were sustained; membership, contributions and leading/critical role were not met, and published material/display claims were abandoned. Fewer than three criteria were established. (pp. 4–10).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV122013_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 12, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | Sciences/health; psychology researcher and clinician in speech pathology/neurorehabilitation |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were established; AAO stated the conclusion was failure to meet the threshold, while noting evidence did not indicate top-field acclaim. (pp. 9–10) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed. Judging and scholarly authorship were sustained; membership, contributions and leading/critical role were not met, and published material/display claims were abandoned. Fewer than three criteria were established. (pp. 4–10)
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 met |
Published material about the person | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Some foreign-language support letters were submitted with partial or incomplete English translations, which AAO found reduced or eliminated probative value. (pp. 7–8)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Cited researcher explainer can separate scholarly authorship from major significance and explain why incomplete translations and late-filed evidence limit probative value.
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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