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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN262005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not show sustained acclaim or eligibility under the claimed criteria; AAO dismisses the appeal.
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 identity-matched AAO decision concerning EB-1A extraordinary-ability eligibility or the procedural review of such eligibility.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN262005_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2005-01-26 |
Classification / field stated in source | management consultant and former international track-and-field athlete; EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A petition; AAO evaluates awards, contributions, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical role evidence. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The petitioner did not show sustained acclaim or eligibility under the claimed criteria; AAO dismisses the appeal. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not show sustained acclaim or eligibility under the claimed criteria; AAO dismisses the appeal.
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 met — p. 3 |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 4 |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 5 |
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 relied on prior athletic achievement and later management/ministry work; the record did not establish sustained acclaim as an athlete or manager.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Awards and claimed contributions to sports management did not satisfy the applicable criteria.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Published material/authorship and leading/critical-role evidence were insufficient; the record did not establish a distinguished role or field-level influence.; pages: 5; 6
claim: AAO dismisses appeal; decision states denial is without prejudice to a new petition with required evidence.; pages: 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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