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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT272005_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO finds fewer than three criteria; no distinct 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: Physical source concerns EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 or its motion; the motion posture is separately identified.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT272005_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 27, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Public-copy, nonprecedent AAO appeal from a service-center denial of EB-1A Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO finds fewer than three criteria; no distinct final-merits determination is reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO finds fewer than three criteria; no distinct 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 met — p. 3 |
Membership | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 9 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner is a physicist working in optical physics, including postdoctoral research.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO rejects the award, membership, judging, original-contribution, scholarly-authorship, leading-role, and high-salary claims.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: The appeal is dismissed after the evidence fails to establish at least three criteria.; evidence_pages: 8; 9
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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