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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN242022_01B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN242022_01B2203: dismissed. The Director’s sole favorable criterion was leading/critical role; the AAO rejected the appealed awards, published-material, and original-contribution claims. The petitioner waived five other criteria, leaving fewer than three.
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 AAO decision or motion concerning EB-1A extraordinary ability.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN242022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2022-01-24 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO EB-1A decision or motion proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal of denial of a Form I-140 EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO did not make a final-merits determination because the initial evidence threshold was not established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director’s sole favorable criterion was leading/critical role; the AAO rejected the appealed awards, published-material, and original-contribution claims. The petitioner waived five other criteria, leaving fewer than three.
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 | waived — p. 2 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 5 |
Scholarly authorship | waived — p. 2 |
Artistic display or showcases | waived — p. 2 |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 2 |
High salary or remuneration | waived — p. 2 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | waived — p. 2 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The decision records that the Director found only the leading/critical-role criterion met. The petitioner did not appeal membership, scholarly authorship, artistic display, high salary, or commercial success, so those issues were waived. (p. 2); pages: 2
claim: The submitted CFA Institute membership and charter materials did not establish qualifying membership or a major internationally recognized award. (pp. 3–4); pages: 3; 4
claim: A conference blog post did not qualify as published material about the petitioner in professional/major media; salary evidence did not establish high salary compared with others in the field. (pp. 4–5); pages: 4; 5
claim: The appeal was dismissed for failure to establish three criteria; final merits was not required. (pp. 5–6); pages: 5; 6
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
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