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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision DEC032009_03B2203: ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.; 9. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC032009_03B2203: ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.; 9. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 | DEC032009_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | {'value': '2009-12-03', 'confidence': 'low', 'support': 'Filename/decision ID encode DEC032009; the cover page has no legible date in the extraction (PDF p.1). Do not represent as a text-verified date without checking the image or database record.'} |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability in athletics; soccer player (PDF pp.2-3). |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial; AAO dismissed appeal. Petition filed July 2008; petitioner asserted the director should have issued an RFE/NOID, which AAO addressed (PDF pp.2-3). |
Operative disposition | {'exact': 'ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.', 'page': 9} |
Final-merits status | Not coded in the normalized review fields |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 | Discussed; state not normalized |
Membership | Discussed; state not normalized |
Published material about the person | Discussed; state not normalized |
Judging the work of others | Discussed; state not normalized |
Original contributions of major significance | Discussed; state not normalized |
Scholarly authorship | Discussed; state not normalized |
Artistic display or showcases | Discussed; state not normalized |
Leading or critical role | Discussed; state not normalized |
High salary or remuneration | Discussed; state not normalized |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Discussed; state not normalized |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: [{'fact': 'The recent interview was about an upcoming competition and petitioner as an ex-player, not his own work; older interviews did not demonstrate sustained acclaim at filing.', 'pages': [5, 6]}, {'fact': 'Publication identities/distribution and dates were missing for some submitted interviews.', 'pages': [5, 6]}, {'fact': 'Petitioner had apparently stopped playing by 2003; proposed continued-work evidence instead suggested coaching, and AAO found no evidence of sustained acclaim as coach/instructor.', 'pages': [4, 8, 9]}]
Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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