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EB-1A membership — AAO decision NOV152018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV152018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Judging and scholarly authorship were established; awards, membership, published material, contributions and high salary were not. Leading/critical role was not raised on appeal and was waived. Fewer than three criteria were met, so no final-merits analysis was reached. (pp. 2–9).
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Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV152018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 15, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | Business/entrepreneurship; Colombian motorcycle/automotive business owner and marketing-book author |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were established. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed. Judging and scholarly authorship were established; awards, membership, published material, contributions and high salary were not. Leading/critical role was not raised on appeal and was waived. Fewer than three criteria were met, so no final-merits analysis was reached. (pp. 2–9)
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 met |
Published material about the person | Not met — 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 | abandoned |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Foreign-language articles and publication materials had unresolved full-translation, date, author or circulation deficiencies. (pp. 4–6)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Cited explainer can distinguish judging business plans from judging in the petitioner’s core industry, and authorship from major-significance contribution evidence.
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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