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AAO EB-1A decision FEB192016_02B2203: Awards

EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB192016_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: AAO decision FEB192016_02B2203: dismissed. High salary was not established. The petitioner did not contest other criterion findings, so they were abandoned; threshold failed and final merits was not reached.

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: Source is an AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability appellate decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID	FEB192016_02B2203
Decision date as printed	Feb. 19, 2016
Classification / field stated in source	EB-1A appellate decision, Matter of P-G-G-
Procedural posture	Appeal dismissed; petitioner pursued high-salary criterion; other criteria abandoned.
Operative disposition	dismissed
Final-merits status	No three criteria established on appeal; other claims abandoned and high-salary claim failed.

What the AAO decision addressed

High salary was not established. The petitioner did not contest other criterion findings, so they were abandoned; threshold failed and final merits was not reached.

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	abandoned — p. 2
Membership	abandoned — p. 2
Published material about the person	abandoned — p. 2
Judging the work of others	abandoned — p. 2
Original contributions of major significance	abandoned — p. 2
Scholarly authorship	abandoned — p. 2
Artistic display or showcases	Not coded — source PDF
Leading or critical role	abandoned — p. 2
High salary or remuneration	Not met — p. 3, p. 4, p. 5
Commercial success in the performing arts	Not coded — source PDF

Source-cited findings recorded in review

claim: On appeal the petitioner challenged only the high-salary criterion; other criteria were treated as abandoned.; pages: 2
claim: Reported W-2 income of about $45,000–$48,000 in 2012–2014 was below the cited BLS occupational medians; later prospective offers did not establish eligibility at filing.; pages: 3; 4; 5
claim: The high-salary criterion failed; appeal dismissed 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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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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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for FEB192016_02B2203