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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision OCT012014_01B2203: The appeal was dismissed; petition remained denied. Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT012014_01B2203: The appeal was dismissed; petition remained denied. AAO found judging and scholarly authorship met, but contributions and awards not met; the final-merits review found no sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing (pp. 6, 11-14).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT012014_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 1, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent EB-1A petition by an engineering researcher in traffic operations and roadway safety (pp. 1-2). |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 14). |
Operative disposition | The appeal was dismissed; petition remained denied. |
Final-merits status | Formal final-merits determination conducted and adverse: limited citations, regional adoption, and other evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing (pp. 11-14). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found judging and scholarly authorship met, but contributions and awards not met; the final-merits review found no sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing (pp. 6, 11-14).
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 met — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source hold. Preserve that two criteria were met before the adverse final-merits determination.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Source-linked explainer can show why accepted regional engineering work and scholarly publication do not by themselves establish field-wide major significance (pp. 6-14).
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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