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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN102023_04B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN102023_04B2203: dismissed. The AAO rejected the original-contribution and high-salary claims, finding insufficient proof of field-wide impact and appropriate salary comparisons. The petition did not meet three criteria and the appeal was 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.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN102023_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2023-01-10 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A appellate or related proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | Not reached; fewer than three criteria established; aggregate record did not show sustained acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO rejected the original-contribution and high-salary claims, finding insufficient proof of field-wide impact and appropriate salary comparisons. The petition did not meet three criteria and the appeal was 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 | waived — p. 2 |
Membership | waived — p. 2 |
Published material about the person | waived — p. 2 |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 2 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The AAO rejected the original-contribution and high-salary claims, finding insufficient proof of field-wide impact and appropriate salary comparisons. The petition did not meet three criteria and the appeal was dismissed.; pages: 2; 6
claim: Decision date, caption/classification and field verified from the source PDF.; pages: 1
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: caveats: The AAO expressly affirms judging and scholarly-authorship criteria and deems award, membership and published-material claims waived; it rejects original contributions and high salary.; eligible_for_aggregation: True; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Researcher comparison on demonstrating implementation and independent field-wide impact, and on occupation-specific compensation comparisons.; recommended_use: A source-cited decision page or tightly scoped aggregation preserving date, field, procedural posture, exact criterion states and whether final merits was reached.
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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