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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision SEP092005_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP092005_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Teaching, consulting, course development, editing and community activity did not establish field-wide acclaim. Claimed contributions, scholarly authorship, leading role and salary evidence failed; teaching-based judging was routine. (pp. 2–7).
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP092005_11B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 9, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Education; communications educator, professor, editor and marketing/communications consultant in Brazil |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Vermont Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits step; aggregate review concluded record did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing. (p. 7) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Teaching, consulting, course development, editing and community activity did not establish field-wide acclaim. Claimed contributions, scholarly authorship, leading role and salary evidence failed; teaching-based judging was routine. (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 | Not met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
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How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Communications-education comparator on teaching duties, course syllabi vs scholarly publication, institutional employment vs critical role, and occupation-matched salary comparisons. Individual historical decision; distinguish documented work from independent evidence of field impact.
Editorial use note: Individual historical decision; distinguish documented work from independent evidence of field impact.
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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