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EB-1A awards — AAO decision DEC212005_19B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC212005_19B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO found award, membership, published-material, contribution and display evidence did not establish eligibility; it distinguished prior skating success from claimed coaching ability and found no proof of national-level coaching. (pp. 5–10).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC212005_19B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 21, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO EB-1A athletics petition involving an ice-dance competitor seeking classification in relation to athletic performance and coaching. (pp. 2–3) |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial; AAO dismissed. (pp. 1, 10–11) |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate Kazarian final-merits stage; the AAO found the evidence did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field status and dismissed. (pp. 9–11) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found award, membership, published-material, contribution and display evidence did not establish eligibility; it distinguished prior skating success from claimed coaching ability and found no proof of national-level coaching. (pp. 5–10)
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 |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — 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 met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source identity or completeness hold. Do not conflate athlete and coach fields; source specifically treats them separately.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: If editorially cleared, prepare a source-linked decision summary that names the procedural posture, distinguishes criterion-stage findings from final merits, and cites the PDF pages. Narrow sports comparison on whether athletic accomplishments transfer to coaching, and evidence of coached athletes competing at national/international levels.
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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