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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB082023_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB082023_02B2203: dismissed. The AAO found awards, published material, and original contributions not met. Because those failures made the three-criterion threshold impossible, it did not reach the petitioner’s remaining leading/critical-role or high-salary claims and did not conduct formal final merits.
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: The source identifies an EB-1A petition appeal or motion. The 2015 motion is in scope for procedural analysis, not as a new merits decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB082023_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 8, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition/appeal |
Procedural posture | EB-1A appeal of Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed after fewer than three criteria; no formal final-merits determination. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO found fewer than three criteria and expressly declined to provide formal final merits; aggregate observations followed. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found awards, published material, and original contributions not met. Because those failures made the three-criterion threshold impossible, it did not reach the petitioner’s remaining leading/critical-role or high-salary claims and did not conduct formal final merits.
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 | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — p. 5 |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — p. 5 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner described his field as personnel-management consulting and claimed awards, published material, original contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Award evidence and the Director’s inconsistent wording did not establish a qualifying nationally/internationally recognized prize; AAO treated the purported positive line as a typographical error and presumed the criterion was not met.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Published articles lacked evidence that the outlets were professional/major trade publications or major media, including comparative circulation statistics.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Recommendation letters lacked sufficiently specific and corroborated evidence that the petitioner’s work produced original contributions of major significance.; pages: 2; 4
claim: The AAO found the three reviewed criteria failed, reserved decision on remaining criteria, and dismissed the appeal without formal final merits.; pages: 5; 6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
Page-level source trail
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PDF page 1 — Caption/date/classification/field/posture visually checked.
PDF page 6 — Final source page visually checked; operative order and outcome are pinpointed above.
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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