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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JAN052023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The record does not establish the initial evidentiary threshold or a one-time major award; final merits is not reached and the appeal is 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 eligibility or motion/appeal review of such eligibility.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN052023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2023-01-05 |
Classification / field stated in source | vocational agriculture teacher and academic; EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A petition. AAO reviews association membership, scholarly authorship, leading/critical role, salary, and other claims; fewer than three criteria are established and final merits is not reached. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The record does not establish the initial evidentiary threshold or a one-time major award; final merits is not reached and the appeal is dismissed. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The record does not establish the initial evidentiary threshold or a one-time major award; final merits is not reached and the appeal is 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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 4 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 5 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a vocational agriculture teacher whose field is agricultural education and related science.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Association memberships did not show the outstanding-achievement requirements specified by the regulation.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Coauthored articles and conference presentations did not establish qualifying scholarly authorship.; pages: 3; 4
claim: The petitioner’s teaching and university appointments did not establish a leading/critical role for a distinguished organization; salary evidence was insufficient.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Fewer than three criteria were established; AAO dismissed without final merits.; pages: 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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