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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision APR162009_02B2203: An ice rink and skating school petitioning for an ice-skating trainer/coach…
Decision summary: AAO decision APR162009_02B2203: An ice rink and skating school petitioning for an ice-skating trainer/coach lost its appeal.
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 | APR162009_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2009-04-16 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | Procedural posture not separately coded in the normalized review fields. Consult the source PDF. |
Operative disposition | An ice rink and skating school petitioning for an ice-skating trainer/coach lost its appeal. |
Final-merits status | "No separate modern final-merits section. Page 14 contains aggregate acclaim language in this older decision; do not mislabel it as a formal Kazarian final-merits determination." |
What the AAO decision addressed
An ice rink and skating school petitioning for an ice-skating trainer/coach lost its appeal.
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | not met / not applicable — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
finding: The AAO distinguished the beneficiary's past competitive ice dancing from her requested work as a coach/trainer. It found her past competition awards could not establish the criterion for the coaching field; student results were junior/intermediate or regional, and some post-dated filing.; pages: 3-6
finding: The published-material criterion was not met: a local captioned photograph did not establish major media or relate to coaching; another local article mentioned the beneficiary only in passing and omitted an author; online pieces lacked author/date or major-media evidence, concerned the skating partner, or post-dated filing.; pages: 8-9
finding: The AAO found contributions and leading/critical role unsupported. At page 14 it discussed the record in the aggregate and concluded it did not distinguish the beneficiary as among the small percentage at the top, but did not set out a separate modern Kazarian final-merits analysis.; pages: 10-14
finding: The AAO discussed comparable evidence and prior O-1 approval, then dismissed the appeal.; pages: 14-15
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Whether published items about a former competitive skater or her students supported eligibility as a coach/trainer.
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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