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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT222009_02B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed; petition denied The decision’s procedural discussion and operative order; see cited order page.
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 source is an AAO decision on an EB-1A Form I-140 petition under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT222009_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 22, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO decision concerning a Form I-140 petition for EB-1A classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A petition; the AAO reviewed the criteria and final-merits record de novo. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition denied |
Final-merits status | The AAO considered the evidence in the aggregate and concluded it did not show sustained acclaim or that the petitioner was among the small percentage at the very top of the field. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The decision’s procedural discussion and operative order; see cited order page.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 13 |
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: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification in the medical field; the AAO dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 2; 16
claim: The AAO withdrew the director’s finding on scholarly authorship and found that criterion met, while rejecting the awards, membership, published-material, judging, contributions, and leading-role claims.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 6; 7; 8; 10; 13; 14; 15
claim: The AAO separately found the total record insufficient to establish final merits eligibility.; evidence_pages: 15; 16
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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