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EB-1A membership — AAO decision APR112024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO rejected membership, published-material, judging, and original-contribution claims; petitioner failed the three-criterion threshold and AAO reserved final merits.
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: The source is an AAO Form I-140 EB-1A decision; any case-specific field-of-endeavor limitation is captured in the verified facts and caveats.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR112024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 11, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO expressly said it need not provide a final-merits determination because the three-criterion threshold was not met and reserved the issue. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO rejected membership, published-material, judging, and original-contribution claims; petitioner failed the three-criterion threshold and AAO reserved final merits.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — p. 7 |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — p. 7 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner sought classification as a chief financial officer; AAO reviewed membership, published material, judging, and original contributions.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The only membership addressed on appeal was executive membership; unsupported letters did not establish outstanding-achievement requirements or that recognized experts judged admission.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Reuters snippet did not provide qualifying material about petitioner; two employer articles did not mention him; other evidence was post-filing or not about him.; pages: 4; 5
claim: A vague letter about judging business case competitions lacked names, competition titles, dates, and corroboration.; pages: 5
claim: Recommendation letters about CFO work did not identify contributions or demonstrate major significance in the field; holding positions or co-founding businesses alone was insufficient.; pages: 6; 7
claim: The AAO found fewer than three criteria and reserved final merits, while aggregate review still did not support acclaim; appeal dismissed.; pages: 7; 8
How this record may be used in research
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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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