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EB-1A membership — AAO decision OCT062009_02B2203: The AAO dismissed the appeal and did not approve the petition. (final page; see posture and outcome…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT062009_02B2203: The AAO dismissed the appeal and did not approve the petition. (final page; see posture and outcome citations). The AAO found fewer than three qualifying categories and separately concluded the record did not establish top-of-field acclaim in aggregate. (pp. 12-13).
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 | OCT062009_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 6, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A sciences petition for an analytical chemist working on mass-spectrometry analysis of pesticides. (pp. 1-2) |
Procedural posture | Self-represented appeal dismissed. (pp. 1-2, 13) |
Operative disposition | The AAO dismissed the appeal and did not approve the petition. (final page; see posture and outcome citations) |
Final-merits status | Not reached as a distinct final-merits analysis; AAO expressly says the proper conclusion is failure to satisfy the three-category threshold. (p. 13) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found fewer than three qualifying categories and separately concluded the record did not establish top-of-field acclaim in aggregate. (pp. 12-13)
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 met |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source identity/completeness hold. Historical, privacy-redacted, nonprecedent AAO decision.
How this record may be used in research
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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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