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EB-1A membership — AAO decision OCT042024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Two criteria are met, but membership, original contributions, and leading/critical role are not; the initial threshold is unmet, so AAO does not reach final merits and dismisses.
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 AAO decision on an EB-1A Form I-140 extraordinary-ability petition or appeal, including the decision that remands for further action.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT042024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2024-10-04 |
Classification / field stated in source | civil engineer specializing in water-resources engineering; AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A; judging and scholarly authorship are accepted, while membership, original contributions, and leading/critical role are disputed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Two criteria are met, but membership, original contributions, and leading/critical role are not; the initial threshold is unmet, so AAO does not reach final merits and dismisses. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Two criteria are met, but membership, original contributions, and leading/critical role are not; the initial threshold is unmet, so AAO does not reach final merits and dismisses.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 2 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
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 petitioner is a civil engineer in water-resources engineering; the Director found authorship and judging met, and AAO agrees. (pp. 1–2); pages: 1; 2
claim: The record did not establish outstanding-achievement membership in the cited engineering associations. (pp. 2–3); pages: 2; 3
claim: Citations, articles, letters, and research project evidence did not establish original contributions of major significance. (pp. 3–4); pages: 3; 4
claim: Project responsibilities and organizational evidence did not show a leading or critical role for a distinguished organization; AAO says final merits need not be reached. (pp. 5–6); pages: 5; 6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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