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EB-1A membership — AAO decision NOV222024_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Service-motion evidence established judging and combined with previously established leading/critical role and high salary to reach final merits; the totality did not show sustained acclaim/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: Source is an AAO Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision and the reviewed appeal concerns the claimed EB-1A classification.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV222024_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 22, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Motion on AAO decision; after a service motion reopened the matter to receive additional evidence, AAO reviewed the reopened record and dismissed the appeal. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | After finding three criteria met, the AAO expressly conducted the final-merits determination and found insufficient sustained acclaim/top-of-field evidence. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Service-motion evidence established judging and combined with previously established leading/critical role and high salary to reach final merits; the totality did not show sustained acclaim/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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — p. 2 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 2 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | waived — p. 3 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was an engineering executive in drilling engineering focused on well completion and production; the decision followed an earlier dismissal and a September 2024 service motion reopening the record.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The prior decision found leading/critical role and high salary met, while membership, published material, judging, and original contributions were not established; authorship was waived because not raised on appeal.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Evidence submitted in response to the service motion established service as a judge of others’ work in drilling engineering, satisfying the threshold of three criteria when combined with the prior two findings.; pages: 3; 7
claim: The final-merits analysis credited senior roles, safety/efficiency work, and judging but found letters, claimed industry impact, association positions, and compensation did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO dismissed the appeal after final-merits review.; pages: 8
How this record may be used in research
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How to use this record
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