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EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG162006_05B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision AUG162006_05B2203: dismissed. The AAO found the petitioner had not established three criteria as a squash coach. Prior athlete awards and experience did not establish coach-specific acclaim; membership, published material and coaching contribution evidence were also insufficient.
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.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | AUG162006_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2006-08-16 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A appellate or related proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | Not reached; initial threshold failed; the record also did not establish acclaim as a coach. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the petitioner had not established three criteria as a squash coach. Prior athlete awards and experience did not establish coach-specific acclaim; membership, published material and coaching contribution evidence were also insufficient.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | Not met — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 5 |
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 | Not met — p. 4 |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — p. 3 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The AAO found the petitioner had not established three criteria as a squash coach. Prior athlete awards and experience did not establish coach-specific acclaim; membership, published material and coaching contribution evidence were also insufficient.; pages: 2; 7
claim: Decision date, caption/classification and field verified from the source PDF.; pages: 1
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: caveats: Older nonprecedent decision with redactions and pre-Kazarian overall-acclaim language.; eligible_for_aggregation: True; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Narrow coaching comparison on separating athletic achievements from evidence of acclaim and impact as a coach.; recommended_use: A source-cited decision page or tightly scoped aggregation preserving date, field, procedural posture, exact criterion states and whether final merits was reached.
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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