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EB-1A three-criterion threshold — AAO decision APR232020_09B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision APR232020_09B2203: 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 | APR232020_09B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-04-23 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | Appeal dismissed (pp. 1, 11). |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO says it need not provide a Kazarian final-merits determination because fewer than three initial criteria were met; it nonetheless gives a brief aggregate negative assessment (pp. 10-11). |
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 | Not 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 | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Strong, recent science-sector example on the gap between original research and proof of major significance; use exact date-specific citation figures and make clear the decision evaluates a particular record, not a general citation threshold.
Page-level source trail
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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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