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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN062006_06B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN062006_06B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Awards did not show national/international recognition or sustained recent acclaim; association membership lacked outstanding-achievement admission rules; published material lacked complete translations and major-media proof; leading role at cultural arts organization not shown; no evidence of continued U.S. work (physical pp. 3–6).
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_appeal_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN062006_06B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 6, 2006 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; petitioner claimed extraordinary ability in martial arts. |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from Vermont Service Center denial; self-represented. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). |
Final-merits status | Aggregate final merits review performed; AAO finds no sustained acclaim/top-of-field (physical p. 6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards did not show national/international recognition or sustained recent acclaim; association membership lacked outstanding-achievement admission rules; published material lacked complete translations and major-media proof; leading role at cultural arts organization not shown; no evidence of continued U.S. work (physical pp. 3–6).
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 |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Citations use physical PDF page numbers; pages were read in source order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Can be compared with DEC162005_07B2203 only as separate cases in martial-arts/taekwondo teaching evidence; verify identity and avoid merging separate petitioners or outcomes. Publish as separate decision summary; do not aggregate into a single individual case.
Editorial use note: Publish as separate decision summary; do not aggregate into a single individual case.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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