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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP262016_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP262016_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO finds only two criteria met, including scholarly authorship and one other recognized criterion; awards and membership fail, as do claimed judging/role evidence and publication ranking proof. Final merits is not reached as threshold fails; aggregate record adverse.
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Scope classification from review: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP262016_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 26, 2016 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; endodontist/dentist |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO reviews additional evidence submitted on appeal. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "not met" |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO finds only two criteria met, including scholarly authorship and one other recognized criterion; awards and membership fail, as do claimed judging/role evidence and publication ranking proof. Final merits is not reached as threshold fails; aggregate record adverse.
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–5; each criterion basis includes pinpoint page citations.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow dentist/endodontist example on membership, publication outlet qualification, and the difference between manuscript review and criterion evidence. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 4 — Membership conclusion; judging/authorship and leading-role evidence.
PDF page 5 — Publication ranking and two-criterion threshold; final merits not reached; dismissal.
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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