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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision OCT172024_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT172024_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Judging was met, but authorship was not established because the article was a marketing piece, and salary evidence was inconsistent and lacked reliable comparable wage data. Published-material claim was not reached because the petitioner had not raised it before AAO. The initial three-criterion threshold was not met; final merits was not reached, although AAO advised that aggregate record did not show sustained acclaim.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT172024_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 17, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field claimed: financial technology / online retail finance executive. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "not reached" |
What the AAO decision addressed
Judging was met, but authorship was not established because the article was a marketing piece, and salary evidence was inconsistent and lacked reliable comparable wage data. Published-material claim was not reached because the petitioner had not raised it before AAO. The initial three-criterion threshold was not met; final merits was not reached, although AAO advised that aggregate record did not show sustained acclaim.
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not reached |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — 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 met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–5; criteria p. 2; authorship p. 3; salary p. 4; conclusion p. 5.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Recent executive comparator for distinguishing marketing content from scholarly authorship and checking compensation records against appropriate peer data; preserve statement that published-material issue was waived/not reached. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Describes field, petition posture, and judging criterion met.
PDF page 3 — Analyzes Chinese banking industry article; does not qualify as scholarly authorship.
PDF page 4 — Analyzes salary and inconsistent tax/salary records.
PDF page 5 — Does not reach published-material claim or final merits; appeal dismissed.
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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