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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JAN252019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO affirms revocation of the previously approved petition; the decision states it need not conduct a separate final-merits determination because the threshold is unmet.
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: The physical source concerns an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition or a motion/revocation proceeding arising from one.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN252019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 25, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140; Matter of D-A-), revocation posture |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal involving revocation of previously approved petition; appeal dismissed and revocation affirmed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision expressly says it need not provide the final-merits determination after finding the initial three-criterion threshold unmet; revocation posture controls. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO affirms revocation of the previously approved petition; the decision states it need not conduct a separate final-merits determination because the threshold is unmet.
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 9 |
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: The petitioner is an international-relations scholar/consultant; the case concerns a previously approved petition later revoked.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 11
claim: AAO rejects membership, original-contribution, role and comparable-evidence showings.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: The AAO affirms revocation and dismisses the appeal; it does not conduct separate final merits.; evidence_pages: 11
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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