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EB-1A awards — AAO decision APR302007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The evidence fails to establish three criteria and sustained acclaim; the decision does not apply a distinct formal final-merits step.
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 concerns EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 or its motion; the motion posture is separately identified.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR302007_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 30, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Public-copy, nonprecedent AAO appeal from Texas Service Center denial of EB-1A Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The evidence fails to establish three criteria and sustained acclaim; the decision does not apply a distinct formal final-merits step. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The evidence fails to establish three criteria and sustained acclaim; the decision does not apply a distinct formal final-merits step.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 8 |
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner was a performer/coach on the South African television program Gladiators and sought EB-1A classification.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The AAO rejects awards, membership, published-material, judging, original-contribution, leading-role and high-salary claims.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: The appeal is dismissed; the record does not establish sustained national or international acclaim.; evidence_pages: 10; 11
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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