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AAO EB-1A decision APR032024_02B2203: Outcome

AAO EB-1A decision APR032024_02B2203: Outcome

EB-1A outcome — AAO decision APR032024_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: AAO decision APR032024_02B2203: 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.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID

APR032024_02B2203

Decision date as printed

2024-04-03

Classification / field stated in source

EB-1A athletics; handball player and university study-guide/manual author.

Procedural posture

Procedural posture not separately coded in the normalized review fields. Consult the source PDF.

Operative disposition

dismissed

Final-merits status

Not coded in the normalized review fields

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

met — source PDF

Membership

Not met — source PDF

Published material about the person

Abandoned or waived — source PDF

Judging the work of others

met — source PDF

Original contributions of major significance

Not met — source PDF

Scholarly authorship

Not coded — source PDF

Artistic display or showcases

Not coded — source PDF

Leading or critical role

Not met — source PDF

High salary or remuneration

Abandoned or waived — source PDF

Commercial success in the performing arts

Not coded — source PDF

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: Useful contribution case: publication within a university is not proof of major significance in the whole field; prospective impact and letters need corroboration. Also distinguish association membership from honorary titles and explicitly mark waived criteria.

Page-level source trail

Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.

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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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for APR032024_02B2203