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EB-1A membership — AAO decision AUG302007_03B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition not approved (p. 16). Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision AUG302007_03B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition not approved (p. 16). AAO found the record did not establish qualifying evidence or overall sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing; it described the beneficiary as a talented manager of a small business, but not distinguished at the required national/international level (pp. 14-16).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | AUG302007_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | August 30, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A business petition filed by a commercial printing company on behalf of a business manager/beneficiary (pp. 2-3). |
Procedural posture | Nebraska Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 16). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition not approved (p. 16). |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits step was necessary because threshold evidence was not established; AAO also states overall acclaim/top-of-field finding (pp. 15-16). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the record did not establish qualifying evidence or overall sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing; it described the beneficiary as a talented manager of a small business, but not distinguished at the required national/international level (pp. 14-16).
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Beneficiary identity is redacted; occupation and company evidence should not be generalized.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Explain why success managing a small business and a long career do not automatically establish national/international acclaim under EB-1A; cite this nonprecedent decision.
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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