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EB-1A scholarly authorship — AAO decision OCT282022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; see cited pages. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT282022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; see cited pages. AAO found only judging met; original contributions and leading/critical role were not established, and scholarly-authorship issue was waived. Dismissed without ordinary final-merits determination; aggregate evidence did not establish acclaim (pp. 2–7).
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 | OCT282022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 28, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | Solution director / supply-chain manufacturing engineer and product-development professional. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of Form I-140. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; see cited pages. |
Final-merits status | Not reached as a formal final-merits determination because only one criterion was met; AAO gave an adverse aggregate conclusion (p. 7). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found only judging met; original contributions and leading/critical role were not established, and scholarly-authorship issue was waived. Dismissed without ordinary final-merits determination; aggregate evidence did not establish acclaim (pp. 2–7).
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 coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | waived |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful supply-chain/manufacturing comparator for technical evidence and employer benefit versus major field significance, employer letters, and internal/client role evidence. Individual case page emphasizing one criterion met and no final-merits review.
Editorial use note: Individual case page emphasizing one criterion met and no final-merits review.
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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