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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision OCT252017_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT252017_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_decision_or_related_proceeding. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT252017_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2017-10-25 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition.; citation_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'The AAO accepted published-material, scholarly-authorship and high-salary criteria. It found original contributions of major significance unmet and, after final-merits review, concluded that the record did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]} |
Final-merits status | Final merits was reached; the AAO found the record insufficient to show sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing despite three initial criteria. |
What the AAO decision addressed
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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 | met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Useful hardware-engineer comparison on published material, scholarly authorship, compensation evidence and the need to show implemented field impact.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent; project plans, patent filings and high compensation were assessed in this specific record.'}
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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