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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP272010_02B2203: AAO found record insufficient overall for sustained national/international acclaim/top-field standing. Some…
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP272010_02B2203: AAO found record insufficient overall for sustained national/international acclaim/top-field standing. Some criterion evidence was accepted, including high salary, while awards, membership, published material, judging, contributions, authorship and role evidence were deficient or did not establish threshold eligibility (pp. 7-20).
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 | SEP272010_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 27, 2010 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition for an individual in geology/petroleum exploration and development; source describes seismic interpretation, reservoir mapping, oilfield development, and team-lead work (pp. 2, 11-19). |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 24). |
Operative disposition | AAO found record insufficient overall for sustained national/international acclaim/top-field standing. Some criterion evidence was accepted, including high salary, while awards, membership, published material, judging, contributions, authorship and role evidence were deficient or did not establish threshold eligibility (pp. 7-20). |
Final-merits status | AAO conducted final-merits analysis and found adverse aggregate result despite one criterion being met (pp. 20-23). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found record insufficient overall for sustained national/international acclaim/top-field standing. Some criterion evidence was accepted, including high salary, while awards, membership, published material, judging, contributions, authorship and role evidence were deficient or did not establish threshold eligibility (pp. 7-20).
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 met |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source identity, completeness, or integrity hold. Public copy redacts claimant identities; no identifying inference should be added.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: High-value educational case if clearly explains one criterion met is not a final approval; nonprecedent decision with redacted identity.
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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