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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN162007_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO found the discussed awards, membership, published material, judging, and leading/critical role not met, withdrawing the Director’s favorable award and judging findings. Overall acclaim was not established; no separate modern final-merits analysis.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity and posture checked against opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN162007_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 16, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The older decision found the initial criteria insufficient and made an overall acclaim assessment; it does not conduct a separate modern final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the discussed awards, membership, published material, judging, and leading/critical role not met, withdrawing the Director’s favorable award and judging findings. Overall acclaim was not established; no separate modern final-merits analysis.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 8 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
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 sought EB-1A classification in natural bodybuilding and had competed in amateur bodybuilding events and coached a BABBFA youth team.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found his competition awards, association membership, published material, judging, and leading role not established; it withdrew the Director’s favorable award and judging determinations.; pages: 3; 10
claim: The overall record did not show sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing; appeal dismissed.; pages: 10; 11
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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