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EB-1A original contributions of major significance — AAO decision OCT102006_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT102006_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO rejected the original-contributions, leading/critical-role, scholarly-authorship, and high-salary criteria, found the initial threshold unmet, noted continued-work evidence was also absent, and dismissed the appeal.
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: Source is an AAO decision involving an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition or its motion/appeal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT102006_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Not stated in normalized review fields |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A Form I-140. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO found fewer than three criteria and makes aggregate adverse acclaim comments, but no separate formal final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO rejected the original-contributions, leading/critical-role, scholarly-authorship, and high-salary criteria, found the initial threshold unmet, noted continued-work evidence was also absent, and dismissed the appeal.
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 8 |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification as an international trade consultant with prior Canadian public-service work and policy contributions.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 5; 6
claim: AAO rejected original contributions, leading/critical role, scholarly authorship, and high salary, citing insufficient independent documentation, limited impact, lack of role evidence, and no comparative compensation evidence.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: AAO found the three-criteria threshold and continued-work requirement unmet and dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 9; 10
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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