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EB-1A membership — AAO decision NOV162022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Two criteria were met, below the required three; no separate final-merits determination was reached.
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: The source decision identifies an EB-1A Form I-140 petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV162022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2022-11-16 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability under INA §203(b)(1)(A) |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal of EB-1A denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Two criteria were met, below the required three; no separate final-merits determination was reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Two criteria were met, below the required three; no separate final-merits determination was reached.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | abandoned — p. 2 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 7 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner worked in aerospace/airline route modeling and technology.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The Director found judging and scholarly authorship met; AAO agreed. Published material was not pursued on appeal and was treated as abandoned.; pages: 2
claim: Membership evidence did not meet the outstanding-achievement requirement.; pages: 3
claim: The record did not establish original contributions of major significance to the field.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Leading/critical role and high-salary claims were not established.; pages: 6; 7
claim: Only two criteria were met, so the AAO did not reach a distinct final-merits determination; appeal dismissed.; pages: 7; 8
How this record may be used in research
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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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