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EB-1A membership — AAO decision OCT112007_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT112007_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. The petitioner claimed association membership, judging, contributions, authorship, display and leading role based on educational measurement/research work. AAO found insufficient evidence under the criteria and dismissed. (pp. 3–10).
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Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT112007_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 11, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | Education/social science; specialist in evaluation and test development/statistician |
Procedural posture | Appeal of denial; self-represented petitioner. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination identified; criteria not established. (pp. 9–10) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner claimed association membership, judging, contributions, authorship, display and leading role based on educational measurement/research work. AAO found insufficient evidence under the criteria and dismissed. (pp. 3–10)
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | not 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
The source is an older decision; any current-law explanation should label its date and avoid presenting it as current agency policy. (pp. 2–10)
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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