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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision NOV142016_01B2203: sustained. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV142016_01B2203: sustained. The AAO found judging, scholarly authorship, and original contributions of major significance established, then found the evidence demonstrated sustained acclaim and top-of-field standing.
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: Complete EB-1A AAO decision or related proceeding reviewed from the assigned source PDF; no CMS publication.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV142016_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2016-11-14 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A appellate or related motion decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | sustained |
Final-merits status | Favorable final-merits determination; AAO found sustained acclaim and top-of-field standing; appeal sustained. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found judging, scholarly authorship, and original contributions of major significance established, then found the evidence demonstrated sustained acclaim and top-of-field standing.
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 — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 2 |
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
claim: The AAO found judging, scholarly authorship, and original contributions of major significance established, then found the evidence demonstrated sustained acclaim and top-of-field standing.; pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: Procedural classification, field and decision date verified from the caption and opening page.; pages: 1
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: caveats: Nonprecedent decision; record-specific treatment of radiology research evidence.; eligible_for_aggregation: True; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Researcher comparison on linking original contributions to independent field impact, not publication/citation counts alone.; recommended_use: Source-cited case page or narrowly scoped aggregation that preserves field, date, procedural posture, exact criterion states, and whether final merits was reached.
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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