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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision NOV272018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Review source status, procedural posture and…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV272018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). AAO rejects Director’s original-contributions finding but finds high salary, internal patent-review judging, and critical role meet three initial criteria. Final merits nevertheless fails: those achievements were primarily recognized inside employer, patent/citation record lacked broader field influence, and broader acclaim/top-of-field was unproved (physical pp. 2–6).
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_appeal_decision_final_merits. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV272018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 27, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A beneficiary, staff systems test engineer employed by a wireless communications company. |
Procedural posture | AAO de novo appeal of company-filed Form I-140. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). |
Final-merits status | Final merits explicitly performed and adverse: internal success, patent review, salary and critical work did not establish broader sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing; 82 granted/230 pending patents and citation evidence were insufficient in this record (physical pp. 3–6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO rejects Director’s original-contributions finding but finds high salary, internal patent-review judging, and critical role meet three initial criteria. Final merits nevertheless fails: those achievements were primarily recognized inside employer, patent/citation record lacked broader field influence, and broader acclaim/top-of-field was unproved (physical pp. 2–6).
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 met |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Citations use physical PDF page numbers; pages were read in source order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful comparison about corporate internal recognition versus broader field acclaim, internal patent-review judging, high salary and patents/citations; present the three criteria as met separately from final-merits failure. Publish as a well-labeled final-merits case with separate criterion-stage and final-merits sections.
Editorial use note: Publish as a well-labeled final-merits case with separate criterion-stage and final-merits sections.
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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