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EB-1A awards — AAO decision DEC032007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed School-age competition awards were not shown to establish acclaim at the top of the full table-tennis field and were remote from filing; membership and published material were not established, and referee evidence did not document judging. The AAO also found no continuation-of-work evidence.
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Scope classification from review: The source is an AAO EB-1A appeal or related motion with decision-specific procedural/evidentiary analysis.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC032007_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 3, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition appeal or related motion |
Procedural posture | Legacy EB-1A appeal; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Legacy decision; AAO made an aggregate sustained-acclaim/top-of-field finding without a modern separate final-merits stage. |
What the AAO decision addressed
School-age competition awards were not shown to establish acclaim at the top of the full table-tennis field and were remote from filing; membership and published material were not established, and referee evidence did not document judging. The AAO also found no continuation-of-work evidence.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
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Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | |
Membership | Not met — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — 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 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought classification as a table-tennis athlete; the petition was filed June 22, 2005.; pages: 2
claim: The listed awards were largely school-age or local competitions, lacked certified translations or evidence of field-wide competition, and were 15+ years before filing; the 2005 Hawaii event was a local recreational competition.; pages: 3; 4
claim: National Table Tennis Association membership evidence lacked certified translation and rules showing expert-judged outstanding-achievement admission.; pages: 4; 5
claim: A local Korean-language article lacked qualifying focus, author, translation, and major-media evidence; referee certification lacked the original document, evidence of actual judging, and evaluated competitors/assessments.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Comparable evidence was not available because the criteria were not shown inapplicable; AAO found no evidence of plans to continue table tennis work in the United States and dismissed.; pages: 6; 7
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
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