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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision NOV282018_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV282018_02B2203: dismissed. The AAO recognized judging, scholarly authorship and original contributions as the initial criteria accepted by the Director, then found the total evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or that the petitioner was among the small percentage at the top of the field.
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 | NOV282018_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2018-11-28 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A appellate or related motion decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | unfavorable formal final-merits determination; the totality did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO recognized judging, scholarly authorship and original contributions as the initial criteria accepted by the Director, then found the total evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or that the petitioner was among the small percentage at the top of the field.
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 — p. 2 |
Membership | Not considered — p. 2 |
Published material about the person | Not considered — p. 2 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | met — p. 2 |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 2 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — p. 2 |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — p. 2 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — p. 2 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The AAO recognized judging, scholarly authorship and original contributions as the initial criteria accepted by the Director, then found the total evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or that the petitioner was among the small percentage at the top of the field.; 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; formal final merits was reached because the Director found three initial criteria.; eligible_for_aggregation: True; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Researcher comparison on separating criterion satisfaction from final-merits proof, and on contextualizing peer review, citations, article output and independent recognition.; 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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