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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB012023_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB012023_02B2203: dismissed. Judging and artistic display were accepted, but the remaining claims did not produce three qualifying criteria; no one-time award was established.
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: Complete AAO decision addressing an EB-1A Form I-140 extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB012023_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2023-02-01 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition decision or motion proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of a Form I-140 EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed after failing the three-criteria threshold. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO says it need not reach a final-merits determination after finding the initial-evidence threshold unmet; it separately notes an aggregate review. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Judging and artistic display were accepted, but the remaining claims did not produce three qualifying criteria; no one-time award was established.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 2 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a fashion designer with work in Venezuela and the United States. The Director found judging and display-of-work criteria met, but not the three-criterion threshold. (pp. 1–3); pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The AAO rejected the claimed Mara de Oro award because the record did not show it was nationally or internationally recognized for excellence in the field. (p. 3); pages: 3
claim: The submitted fashion-media articles were not qualifying major-media coverage about the petitioner’s work; leading/critical-role evidence did not establish a distinguished reputation for the brand. (pp. 4–6); pages: 4; 5; 6
claim: The AAO dismissed the appeal; it stated final merits was unnecessary after the threshold failure, while also describing its aggregate review. (pp. 6–7); 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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