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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision SEP282018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP282018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP282018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2018-09-28 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition.; citation_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition.; director_findings: Only as stated in this reviewed decision; prior proceeding facts are identified as history where applicable. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'AAO finds the record does not establish three qualifying criteria. Articles are not shown to be about the petitioner in the required sense; original-contribution evidence does not establish significance in the field; and role/salary evidence does not establish the claimed distinguished impact or eligibility.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | The initial evidence threshold was not met; final merits not reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Narrow comparison for technology founders claiming product adoption, press, original contributions, critical roles and compensation; distinguish customer/employer value from field-level impact.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent; assess the evidence in context and do not make categorical claims about startup founders.'}
Page-level source trail
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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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