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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN092008_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Only membership is met; the threshold is not met. AAO includes an aggregate negative conclusion but no distinct formal final-merits analysis, and separately finds continued work insufficient.
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: Source is an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN092008_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 9, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center EB-1A denial; AAO also finds continued-work requirement unmet. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Only membership is met; the threshold is not met. AAO includes an aggregate negative conclusion but no distinct formal final-merits analysis, and separately finds continued work insufficient. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only membership is met; the threshold is not met. AAO includes an aggregate negative conclusion but no distinct formal final-merits analysis, and separately finds continued work insufficient.
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 | met — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner was a baseball player/coach; played for Shanghai Golden Eagle team and coached Jiangsu team.; evidence_pages: 2
claim: Awards from youth/baseball competition not shown nationally or internationally recognized.; evidence_pages: 3
claim: Awards fail; AAO accepts membership-equivalent evidence from China Baseball League All-Star and 2003 China national team.; evidence_pages: 4
claim: Published materials fail due incomplete/uncertified translations and lack of major-media evidence; original contributions start.; evidence_pages: 5
claim: Fan-club/baseball-development claims and letters do not show major field impact; original contributions fail.; evidence_pages: 6
claim: Leading/critical role in teams fails; AAO also finds fewer than three criteria and discusses continued-work evidence.; evidence_pages: 7
claim: Petitioner’s migration plan lacks clear evidence of concrete professional baseball work in United States.; evidence_pages: 8
claim: Conclusion and operative appeal dismissal.; evidence_pages: 9
How this record may be used in research
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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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