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EB-1A membership — AAO decision NOV222017_01B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV222017_01B2203: dismissed. The AAO affirmed judging and scholarly-authorship findings but rejected membership, published-material and original-contribution claims. The initial threshold of three criteria was not met.
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 assigned source PDF; no publication or CMS changes.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV222017_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2017-11-22 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A appellate or related motion decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | Not reached; fewer than three criteria established. Aggregate record also did not show sustained acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO affirmed judging and scholarly-authorship findings but rejected membership, published-material and original-contribution claims. The initial threshold of three criteria was not met.
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 | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The AAO affirmed judging and scholarly-authorship findings but rejected membership, published-material and original-contribution claims. The initial threshold of three criteria was not met.; pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: Decision date, petition classification and case field verified from the source caption/opening page.; pages: 1
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: caveats: Nonprecedent decision; no formal final-merits analysis because initial threshold failed.; eligible_for_aggregation: True; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Academic health-administration comparison on distinction between authorship and major contributions, plus outstanding-achievement membership requirements and independent media coverage.; recommended_use: Source-cited case page or tightly scoped aggregation preserving date, field, procedural posture, criterion states and whether formal 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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