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EB-1A membership — AAO decision OCT212013_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The decision accepts judging and scholarly authorship but rejects membership, published material and original contributions; fewer than three criteria. No separate formal final-merits determination is reached.
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: The physical source identifies an AAO matter concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT212013_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 21, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from Texas Service Center EB-1A denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision does not reach a separate formal final-merits determination; threshold failure or revocation posture resolves the appeal. Any aggregate acclaim discussion is distinguished from a reached formal final-merits stage. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The decision accepts judging and scholarly authorship but rejects membership, published material and original contributions; fewer than three criteria. No separate formal final-merits determination is reached.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 7 |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 8 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 10 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
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: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification for work in industrial engineering/theoretical computational modeling and mechanical engineering.; evidence_pages: 2; 3
claim: Membership and published-material criteria are not established; judging work for journals is accepted.; evidence_pages: 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: Original contributions are not established by citations/prestige and letters; scholarly authorship is accepted.; evidence_pages: 8; 9; 10
claim: Only two criteria are established; appeal dismissed without a formal final-merits stage.; 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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