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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB042020_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish the required criteria or a qualifying one-time achievement; appeal dismissed.
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: Physical source is an AAO decision involving an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition (one record is specifically a revocation appeal).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB042020_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 4, 2020 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO resolves the case based on failure to satisfy the evidentiary threshold; no separate final-merits determination appears in the conclusion. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish the required criteria or a qualifying one-time achievement; appeal dismissed.
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 | |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 9 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The AAO rejects awards evidence because the submitted competition distinctions do not establish qualifying individual receipt of major internationally recognized awards.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: The AAO rejects membership, judging, published-material and salary evidence.; evidence_pages: 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: The conclusion finds the criteria record insufficient and dismisses the appeal.; evidence_pages: 9; 10
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
Page-level source trail
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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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