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EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG252009_05B2203: A karate-do trainer's appeal from revocation was dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and…
Decision summary: AAO decision AUG252009_05B2203: A karate-do trainer’s appeal from revocation was 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.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | AUG252009_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Not stated in normalized review fields |
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 | A karate-do trainer's appeal from revocation was dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "No distinct formal final-merits determination; the decision makes a general acclaim conclusion." |
What the AAO decision addressed
A karate-do trainer's appeal from revocation was 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 | not met — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | not applicable / not met — 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 treated the petitioner's intended work as a trainer separately from his past competitive karate activity. Claimed medals were unsupported by compliant translations or proof of award, and a 7th Dan grade was treated as advancement rather than a prize or award.; pages: 3-6
finding: The Wikipedia entry lacked the required publication details; other claimed articles lacked full certified translations. The petitioner submitted no documentation later than 1999, which the AAO found inconsistent with sustained acclaim. The published-material criterion was not met.; pages: 8-9
finding: The AAO also found no documentation of judging, treated visual-art display as inapplicable to this athlete/trainer, and found no documented major significance of the petitioner's karate books.; pages: 10-12
finding: The claimed trainer role and organizational reputation were not sufficiently documented; appeal dismissed. No separate modern Kazarian final-merits analysis appears.; pages: 13-14
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Whether claimed material about the petitioner was documented as qualifying, current published media.
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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