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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT152021_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO rejects the claimed awards, original contributions, and leading/critical role evidence and concludes the record does not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing.
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: Physical source is an AAO decision on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT152021_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 15, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from a Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed after final-merits discussion. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision’s conclusion finds the overall record does not establish sustained acclaim or recognition among the small percentage at the top of the field. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO rejects the claimed awards, original contributions, and leading/critical role evidence and concludes the record does not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing.
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 | |
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
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: Petitioner is a surgical ophthalmologist and seeks EB-1A classification based on clinical and research accomplishments.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO rejects award, original-contribution, and hospital/department leadership evidence.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: The decision concludes the record does not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing and dismisses the appeal.; evidence_pages: 10; 11
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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