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EB-1A awards — AAO decision APR222008_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO finds that the beneficiary has not established a one-time achievement or the required three criteria; appeal dismissed.
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: Physical source is an AAO decision involving an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition (one record is specifically a revocation appeal).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR222008_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 22, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO resolves the appeal at the three-criterion threshold and does not conduct a separate final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO finds that the beneficiary has not established a one-time achievement or the required three criteria; appeal dismissed.
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 | |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 10 |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The AAO rejects award evidence relating to product/industry awards because the beneficiary was not shown to be the award recipient.; evidence_pages: 3; 4
claim: The decision rejects published-material and leading-role showings; it credits evidence of original contributions in product/brand development but concludes the overall record fails the threshold.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: High salary and commercial success in performing arts are not established; the appeal is dismissed.; evidence_pages: 10; 11; 12
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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