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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP082006_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish the claimed regulatory criteria with qualifying evidence or show that the proposed U.S. employment would continue work in the claimed research field; appeal dismissed.
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 identity-matched AAO decision concerning EB-1A eligibility or motion review of such eligibility.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP082006_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2006-09-08 |
Classification / field stated in source | pharmacognosy researcher / pharmaceutical researcher; EB-1A petition |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A petition. AAO reviews claims concerning awards, publication/editorship, original contributions, authorship, role and proposed U.S. research work; dismisses for failure to establish eligibility. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The petitioner did not establish the claimed regulatory criteria with qualifying evidence or show that the proposed U.S. employment would continue work in the claimed research field; appeal dismissed. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish the claimed regulatory criteria with qualifying evidence or show that the proposed U.S. employment would continue work in the claimed research field; appeal dismissed.
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 considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 7 |
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 petitioner sought classification based on pharmacognosy/medical research and submitted publications and claimed editorial responsibilities.; pages: 1; 2; 3; 4
claim: AAO found the publications, original-contribution evidence and claimed role insufficient to establish the discussed criteria.; pages: 4; 5; 6; 7
claim: The proposed U.S. work was not adequately shown to be research employment in the field; the appeal was dismissed.; pages: 8
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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