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EB-1A original contributions of major significance — AAO decision SEP242018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Scholarly authorship is met; original contributions, critical role, and high salary are not. The initial three-criterion threshold fails; aggregate acclaim reviewed but formal final merits not reached.
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: The source identifies an EB-1A / extraordinary-ability Form I-140 matter under INA section 203(b)(1)(A), including the motion proceeding in OCT052020_07B2203.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP242018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2018-09-24 |
Classification / field stated in source | senior manager in data science; EB-1A petition by home/real-estate marketplace |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; AAO withdraws Director finding on original contributions, accepts scholarly authorship, and rejects critical role and high salary. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Scholarly authorship is met; original contributions, critical role, and high salary are not. The initial three-criterion threshold fails; aggregate acclaim reviewed but formal final merits not reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Scholarly authorship is met; original contributions, critical role, and high salary are not. The initial three-criterion threshold fails; aggregate acclaim reviewed but formal final merits not reached.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 5 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Beneficiary is a senior data-science manager whose work included computational drug-discovery financing and analytics.; pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO finds citations, presentations, patent, and letters insufficient to show original contributions of major significance.; pages: 3; 4; 5
claim: Scholarly authorship is established; employer letters do not establish a critical role, and wage comparisons do not show high salary.; pages: 5; 6; 7
claim: Fewer than three criteria; aggregate acclaim insufficient; appeal dismissed.; pages: 7; 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
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