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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN092015_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO evaluates the submitted martial-arts awards and other criteria on a de novo basis, but finds fewer than three criteria established. Membership was abandoned on appeal. The initial threshold fails, so no final-merits determination is made.
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 | JAN092015_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 9, 2015 |
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 | The conclusion states the petitioner did not establish at least three criteria; no final-merits analysis follows. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO evaluates the submitted martial-arts awards and other criteria on a de novo basis, but finds fewer than three criteria established. Membership was abandoned on appeal. The initial threshold fails, so no final-merits determination is made.
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 | abandoned — p. 7 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 10 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 10 |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 11 |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner seeks classification as an athlete in mixed martial arts and submits award, membership, publication, judging, and role evidence.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 4; 7; 8; 10; 11
claim: The AAO reviews translations and primary documentation, withdraws some director findings on awards, but concludes the petitioner has not established at least three regulatory criteria.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
claim: The decision says the final-merits step is not reached because the initial three-criterion threshold is not met; the appeal is dismissed.; evidence_pages: 12; 13
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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