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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN052007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO finds the submitted competition evidence does not establish qualifying awards and rejects the other criteria reviewed, including membership, published material, judging, original contributions, and leading/critical role. It concludes the threshold is unmet and dismisses without 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: Physical source is an AAO/SCOPS decision on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN052007_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 5, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Conclusion addresses failure to satisfy regulatory criteria and does not conduct a separate final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO finds the submitted competition evidence does not establish qualifying awards and rejects the other criteria reviewed, including membership, published material, judging, original contributions, and leading/critical role. It concludes the threshold is unmet and dismisses without 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 met — p. 8 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 9 |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 10 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 11 |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The beneficiary is described as a 14-time world champion acrobatic gymnast who later coached; the case concerns whether competition awards and coaching establish extraordinary ability.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The AAO finds the awards and competition evidence insufficient to show qualifying nationally or internationally recognized awards, and separately reviews membership, publications, judging, contributions, and leading-role claims.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11
claim: The appeal is dismissed after the AAO finds the record does not establish the required initial criteria threshold; final merits is not reached.; evidence_pages: 11; 12
How this record may be used in research
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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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