AAO research
Membership evidence: source-linked AAO decisions, criterion status, citations, and procedural limits. Examples are not outcome rates or legal rules.
Direct answer: EB-1A Membership evidence and outstanding achievement: Full AAO Corpus Research Guide organizes source-reviewed AAO material around one research question and links readers to the underlying decision records.
The completed matrix records 3465 decisions with a source-coded status for this criterion. It records 70 with at least one “met” state, 1548 with at least one “not met” state, and 1847 with other or unresolved states. Those categories may overlap within a decision and are not outcome rates.
How the case examples were selected
The linked decisions are examples for topic discovery from the completed source-review matrix. They do not represent every matching record, prove a universal standard, or establish an approval probability. Open each source and compare the issue, evidence, date, and procedural stage.
Source-reviewed decision examples
APR012013_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed.
not considered Official decision PDF.MAR202005_03B2203 — Appeal dismissed
Not met Official decision PDF.MAR052012_01B2203 — Appeal rejected as improperly filed; no AAO appellate jurisdiction over its own decision.
Not reached Official decision PDF.MAR042019_02B2203 — Appeal dismissed
Not considered Official decision PDF.JUN242005_24B2203 — Appeal dismissed
Not met Official decision PDF.MAY212013_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed
Not met Official decision PDF.JAN312025_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed
Not met Official decision PDF.DEC052011_01B2203 — Appeal rejected.
Not reached Official decision PDF.JUN242005_07B2203 — The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
not reached Official decision PDF.SEP272019_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed
met Official decision PDF.JUL172024_01B2203 — Appeal summarily dismissed.
not considered Official decision PDF.NOV162005_28B2203 — The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
not reached Official decision PDF.OCT212005_06B2203 — Appeal dismissed
Not met Official decision PDF.JAN222018_02B2203 — The AAO summarily dismisses under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
not reached Official decision PDF.OCT192009_03B2203 — Appeal sustained; petition approved.
unclear Official decision PDF.OCT112005_24B2203 — rejection of untimely appeal
not reached Official decision PDF.JAN102023_03B2203 — Combined motion dismissed.
Not reached Official decision PDF.
AAO decisions are individual, nonprecedent records. Distinguish the Director’s findings, petitioner assertions, the AAO’s holding, remand directions, and any issue not reached. Historical decisions may apply an earlier legal framework; this research is not current filing advice.
Current framework and corrections
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