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EB-1A awards — AAO decision APR132011_01B2203: AAO found the threshold and aggregate record insufficient; certificates and event activity lacked…
Decision summary: AAO decision APR132011_01B2203: AAO found the threshold and aggregate record insufficient; certificates and event activity lacked documentation of scale, recognition, impact, or comparable standing (pp. 7-20).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR132011_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 13, 2011 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition for a karate practitioner/instructor; record included certificates, awards, referee/judge activity, articles, and salary evidence (pp. 5-21). |
Procedural posture | Director denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 5, 24 as printed). |
Operative disposition | AAO found the threshold and aggregate record insufficient; certificates and event activity lacked documentation of scale, recognition, impact, or comparable standing (pp. 7-20). |
Final-merits status | Separate final-merits analysis is expressly conducted and adverse (pp. 20-23). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the threshold and aggregate record insufficient; certificates and event activity lacked documentation of scale, recognition, impact, or comparable standing (pp. 7-20).
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source identity or page-completeness hold; claimant identity is redacted in public copies. See caution/hold in content opportunity where noted.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Potential cluster content if each claim is attributed to this nonprecedent record and readers are warned certificates/referee credentials are not universally dispositive.
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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