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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision OCT262022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 7). Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT262022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 7). Director’s favorable findings for scholarly authorship and high salary were retained. Published material and leading/critical role failed; original contributions was waived. No three-criterion threshold, so no separate final-merits determination (pp. 2–6).
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 | OCT262022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 26, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition by an entrepreneur/researcher in cybersecurity. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 7). |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination; threshold was not met. AAO offered an adverse aggregate assessment (pp. 6–7). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director’s favorable findings for scholarly authorship and high salary were retained. Published material and leading/critical role failed; original contributions was waived. No three-criterion threshold, so no separate final-merits determination (pp. 2–6).
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | waived |
Scholarly authorship | met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 2–7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful narrow comparison for articles that quote an expert but discuss a broader topic, and for separating an individual role from the organization’s distinguished reputation. Individual source-linked summary and qualified published-material/role comparison.
Editorial use note: Individual source-linked summary and qualified published-material/role comparison.
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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