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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT102014_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Although judging and scholarly authorship were established, the AAO found the required three evidentiary categories were not established; final merits was not reached.
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 EB-1A decision. This does not make the decision binding precedent; case-specific procedural and merits-stage caveats are retained.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT102014_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 10, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability Form I-140 |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal of Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision states the petitioner failed the antecedent three-category requirement and says no final-merits explanation is needed; only judging and scholarly authorship are expressly found met. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Although judging and scholarly authorship were established, the AAO found the required three evidentiary categories were not established; final merits was not reached.
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 — p. 4 |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 5, p. 6, p. 7, p. 8, p. 9, p. 10, p. 11, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14 |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 15 |
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 petition sought EB-1A classification in the sciences based on mechanical engineering research in thermal energy storage and heat transfer.; evidence_pages: 2; 4
claim: The AAO evaluated awards, memberships, judging, original contributions, scholarly authorship and leading/critical-role evidence.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19
claim: Judging and scholarly authorship were found met; the decision holds that fewer than three categories were established and dismisses the appeal without final-merits review.; evidence_pages: 5; 15; 19; 20
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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