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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB262021_08B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish the initial evidentiary threshold. AAO reserved original contributions and did not reach final merits; 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: Complete identity-matched AAO decision concerning EB-1A or EB-1B extraordinary-ability eligibility.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB262021_08B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2021-02-26 |
Classification / field stated in source | journalist and sub-editor; EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A petition. The Director found only judging; AAO finds the evidence does not establish three criteria, expressly reserves original contributions, and does not reach final merits. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The petitioner did not establish the initial evidentiary threshold. AAO reserved original contributions and did not reach final merits; appeal dismissed. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish the initial evidentiary threshold. AAO reserved original contributions and did not reach final merits; 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 | Not met — p. 3 |
Membership | Not met — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — p. 7 |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 5 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 6 |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a journalist and sub-editor; the Director found only the judging criterion.; pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO finds the submitted awards, memberships, published material, and judging evidence insufficient under the respective criteria.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Authorship, leading-role, high-salary, and commercial-success claims also fail the stated requirements.; pages: 4; 5; 6; 7
claim: AAO expressly reserves discussion of original contributions because the initial threshold is not met; final merits is not reached.; pages: 7
claim: The appeal is dismissed.; pages: 7
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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