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EB-1A awards — AAO decision DEC162005_07B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC162005_07B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Awards lacked recognized stature, sufficient official results or reliable translations and included discrepancies; association admission requirements and expert review were unsupported; published media lacked qualifying authorship/translation/outlet proof; leadership/reputation of employer not established (physical pp. 3–6).
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.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_appeal_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC162005_07B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 16, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; Taekwondo teacher/instructor. |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from Vermont Service Center denial; self-represented. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). |
Final-merits status | Aggregate merits review performed and adverse; no sustained acclaim or placement at top of field (physical p. 6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards lacked recognized stature, sufficient official results or reliable translations and included discrepancies; association admission requirements and expert review were unsupported; published media lacked qualifying authorship/translation/outlet proof; leadership/reputation of employer not established (physical pp. 3–6).
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 |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
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 met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Citations use physical PDF page numbers; pages were read in source order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful comparison about distinguishing competition records and awards from teaching/instruction field, and source discrepancies/translation evidence. Keep exact Taekwondo-teacher classification. Publish as a historical decision with explicit field-of-work and filing-date context.
Editorial use note: Publish as a historical decision with explicit field-of-work and filing-date context.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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