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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision NOV142016_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV142016_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO accepts judging and scholarly authorship but rejects leading/critical role and does not find sustained acclaim. Petitioner’s publications and teaching contributions are not shown to establish the required level of recognition/major significance.
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: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV142016_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 14, 2016 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; college lecturer/accounting and business management |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "not met" |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO accepts judging and scholarly authorship but rejects leading/critical role and does not find sustained acclaim. Petitioner’s publications and teaching contributions are not shown to establish the required level of recognition/major significance.
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 |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | met |
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-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–5; individual criteria cite pinpoint pages.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Academic/business educator case useful for role-versus-authorship distinctions and for the proposition that publications alone do not establish major contributions or final merits. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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