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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision SEP222021_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP222021_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO agreed peer reviewing for IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing and founding-member role on a distinguished team met judging and leading/critical-role criteria; IEEE Senior Member status, contributions, and salary failed. Fewer than three criteria were met; aggregate review was adverse. (pp. 1–8).
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 | SEP222021_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 22, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | Computer science / technology consulting; technical architect and computer executive |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center I-140 denial; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Formal Kazarian final-merits determination not reached because fewer than three criteria were established; AAO stated aggregate record did not support acclaim. (p. 8) |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO agreed peer reviewing for IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing and founding-member role on a distinguished team met judging and leading/critical-role criteria; IEEE Senior Member status, contributions, and salary failed. Fewer than three criteria were met; aggregate review was adverse. (pp. 1–8)
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 met — 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 | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Present a contrast table between what met (actual peer review and founding role) and what failed (IEEE Senior grade requirements, field-wide technical impact, occupation-matched salary).
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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