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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision OCT232019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Although judging and authorship are established and the Director had counted original contributions, the AAO finds no sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing in final merits.
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: Complete AAO decision explicitly addressing an EB-1A Form I-140 extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT232019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2019-10-23 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A appeal decision cited as Matter of T-S- |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A Form I-140; AAO conducts a final-merits determination after finding three initial criteria. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Although judging and authorship are established and the Director had counted original contributions, the AAO finds no sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing in final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Although judging and authorship are established and the Director had counted original contributions, the AAO finds no sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing in final merits.
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 considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 2 |
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 Director found judging, original contributions, and scholarly authorship; the AAO accepts judging and authorship but rejects original contributions of major significance. (pp. 2–5); pages: 2; 3; 4; 5
claim: The petitioner reported 29 peer-reviewed articles and 2 book chapters, and more than 1,000 citations; the decision finds citation comparisons and contextual evidence insufficient to establish major significance. (pp. 4–5); pages: 4; 5
claim: The AAO separately conducts final-merits review and finds the total record does not establish sustained acclaim or that the petitioner is among the small percentage at the top of molecular biology. (pp. 2, 5–6); pages: 2; 5; 6
claim: The appeal is dismissed. (p. 6); pages: 6
How this record may be used in research
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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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