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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision OCT182017_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT182017_02B2203: dismissed. Authored articles/publication were not shown comparable to scholarly evidence.
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 EB-1A appellate/motion decision; source-specific findings verified.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT182017_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Oct. 18, 2017 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A AAO non-precedent decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination; initial threshold failed; aggregate finding unfavorable. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Authored articles/publication were not shown comparable to scholarly evidence.
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 met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Media authorship/circulation not established; successful projects and client praise did not establish field-wide impact.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Authored articles/publication were not shown comparable to scholarly evidence.; pages: 4; 5
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: eligible_for_aggregation: True; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Narrow comparison for client satisfaction vs field impact and company budget vs personal salary; dated precedent.; recommended_use: individual case page with source PDF citations; aggregation only if eligible and caveats preserved
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Substantive legal analysis/evidence; read in sequence and visually inspected.
PDF page 3 — Substantive legal analysis/evidence; read in sequence and visually inspected.
PDF page 4 — Substantive legal analysis/evidence; read in sequence and visually inspected.
PDF page 5 — Substantive legal analysis/evidence; read in sequence and visually inspected.
PDF page 6 — Operative conclusion/order and disposition; read and visually inspected.
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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