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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN112006_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN112006_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found a national scouting award met the awards criterion, but published materials were not properly translated/certified or shown to be major media, claimed contributions lacked specific corroboration, and salary lacked a valid league-wide comparison. Continued-work and prospective-benefit requirements also were not shown.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN112006_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 11, 2006 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field claimed: baseball scouting / professional baseball. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from California Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "not met" |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found a national scouting award met the awards criterion, but published materials were not properly translated/certified or shown to be major media, claimed contributions lacked specific corroboration, and salary lacked a valid league-wide comparison. Continued-work and prospective-benefit requirements also were not shown.
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 | met |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 2–5; award p. 3; media p. 4; contributions, salary, merits p. 4; order p. 5.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow baseball comparator for separating one recognized award from threshold eligibility, and translation, circulation, field-impact, and salary-comparison evidence. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
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Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 3 — Finds annual scouting award met; outlines major-media standard.
PDF page 5 — Finds continued-work/prospective-benefit requirements unmet and dismisses appeal.
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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