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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision NOV132013_02B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.). Review source…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV132013_02B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.). The AAO found less than three qualifying evidentiary categories. Its review rejected submitted evidence for published material, contributions, and leading/critical role; record also discusses awards and salary. (pp. 4–13).
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 | NOV132013_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 13, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A sciences petition by a software engineer; petitioner was also beneficiary. (p. 2) |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 13) |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.) |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits analysis was required because the three-category threshold was not met; the AAO separately stated evidence did not establish top-of-field acclaim. (p. 13) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found less than three qualifying evidentiary categories. Its review rejected submitted evidence for published material, contributions, and leading/critical role; record also discusses awards and salary. (pp. 4–13)
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 met — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Nonprecedent decision; preserve its narrow holding and avoid treating its role interpretation as generally controlling.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Source-linked case page with a concise criterion-by-criterion result and citations, emphasizing company-level value versus field-wide impact and appeal posture.
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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