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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT192005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT192005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO found the evidence insufficient to establish qualifying evidence under three criteria or sustained acclaim. (pp. 3–11).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT192005_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 19, 2005 (date stamp is partly degraded in the source) |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal in mathematical statistics; petitioner was a mathematical statistician with academic and Bureau of Labor Statistics research work. (pp. 1–3) |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial; dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 11) |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | The AAO evaluated the overall record and found it did not demonstrate acclaim or top-of-field standing; no distinct modern Kazarian final-merits section is set out. (p. 11) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the evidence insufficient to establish qualifying evidence under three criteria or sustained acclaim. (pp. 3–11)
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
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
No source identity/completeness hold; printed date stamp is degraded, so use October 19, 2005 only with date-image caveat.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: If editorially cleared, create a source-linked summary that identifies posture and disposition, separates threshold-stage criteria from any aggregate/final-merits reasoning, and includes page-specific PDF citations. Narrow historical comparison for statistical-research evidence, peer review, citations, and field impact; dated, nonprecedential, and fact-bound.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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