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AAO EB-1A decision FEB282018_01B2203: Remand

AAO EB-1A decision FEB282018_01B2203: Remand

EB-1A remand — AAO decision FEB282018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: AAO decision FEB282018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.

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: in_scope_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID

FEB282018_01B2203

Decision date as printed

2018-02-28

Classification / field stated in source

Classification not stated in the normalized review fields

Procedural posture

AAO_posture: Matter of M-L-A-, nonprecedent appeal from Texas Service Center denial. The petitioner managed a hookah lounge. AAO found the record did not establish a qualifying one-time achievement or at least three criteria. It specifically found the cited award was not shown nationally/internationally recognized, association membership did not require outstanding achievements, and evidence did not establish a leading/critical role at a distinguished organization. AAO also stated the aggregate record did not support the required level of expertise.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: Appeal dismissed_initial_criteria_not_established; director_findings: Matter of M-L-A-, nonprecedent appeal from Texas Service Center denial. The petitioner managed a hookah lounge. AAO found the record did not establish a qualifying one-time achievement or at least three criteria. It specifically found the cited award was not shown nationally/internationally recognized, association membership did not require outstanding achievements, and evidence did not establish a leading/critical role at a distinguished organization. AAO also stated the aggregate record did not support the required level of expertise.

Operative disposition

{'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed; petition denied.', 'basis': 'The petitioner did not provide a qualifying major award or evidence satisfying at least three criteria; the award, membership, and leading-role evidence were insufficient.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]}

Final-merits status

Not met

What the AAO decision addressed

The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.

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 — source PDF

Membership

Not met — source PDF

Published material about the person

Not reached — source PDF

Judging the work of others

Not reached — source PDF

Original contributions of major significance

Not reached — source PDF

Scholarly authorship

Not reached — source PDF

Artistic display or showcases

Not coded — source PDF

Leading or critical role

Not met — source PDF

High salary or remuneration

Not reached — source PDF

Commercial success in the performing arts

Not reached — source PDF

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: {'fit': 'hookah_lounge_award_membership_leading_role', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Useful narrow source for award, association-membership, and leading-role evidence in this particular occupation and record; it also contains an aggregate expertise finding. Avoid generalizing beyond its facts.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural dismissal, rejection, or remand as approval or a completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer criterion outcomes beyond those expressly stated.', 'Do not treat explicitly nonprecedent decisions as binding authority.', 'Do not publish or compare the two identity-held records until the cover/body classification discrepancy is reconciled.'], 'caveat': 'Use only source-specific claims with citations and distinguish current holdings from prior decisions; identity-held records must not be used for publication or aggregation.'}

Page-level source trail

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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.

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 FEB282018_01B2203