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EB-1A three-criterion threshold — AAO decision SEP272024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP272024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Scholarly authorship was established; awards and original contributions were not. Published-material and display findings were not challenged on appeal and were waived. Fewer than three criteria were met, so final merits was not reached. (pp. 2–8).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP272024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 27, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Sciences/biomedical research; allergy and clinical-immunology researcher |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were established. (pp. 7–8) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed. Scholarly authorship was established; awards and original contributions were not. Published-material and display findings were not challenged on appeal and were waived. Fewer than three criteria were met, so final merits was not reached. (pp. 2–8)
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 met — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
The specific 2015 poster award and its selection criteria were not independently verified in the record; do not name or characterize the award beyond the AAO’s description. (pp. 2–4)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Cited biomedical-research explainer can separate journal publication from major field impact and explain why conference prestige alone does not prove award criteria or recipient status.
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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