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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP202024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found published material and scholarly authorship met, but fewer than three criteria; it did not reach final merits.
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: Source is an AAO Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision and the reviewed appeal concerns the claimed EB-1A classification.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP202024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 20, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO de novo review; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO found only two initial criteria met and expressly reserved/declined final-merits review. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found published material and scholarly authorship met, but fewer than three criteria; it did not reach final merits.
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. 4 |
Published material about the person | met — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | waived — p. 2 |
Leading or critical role | |
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 was a dentist/orthodontist trained in Kyrgyzstan and Russia who sought to continue dentistry/orthodontics work in the United States.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Awards were not shown to be nationally/internationally recognized; membership evidence lacked proof of outstanding-achievement admission requirements and contained timing inconsistencies.; pages: 3; 4
claim: The AAO found published material met based on web analytics showing two articles about the petitioner appeared on top-ranked Russian news/media sites; the record also established authorship of scholarly articles through publication and verification evidence.; pages: 5; 7
claim: Claims that orthodontic appliance modifications and presurgical protocols were original contributions of major significance were not supported by evidence of widespread field use or impact.; pages: 5; 6; 7
claim: The clinic leadership claim lacked evidence of distinguished reputation; the AAO found two criteria met, less than three, and did not reach final merits.; 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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