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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN262023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The Director found judging and artistic display met. AAO found awards, membership, published material, contributions, and leading/critical role not met; scholarly authorship was waived. The initial three-criterion threshold failed, so formal final merits was reserved; aggregate remarks found acclaim unsupported.
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 | JAN262023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 26, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO expressly reserved final merits after fewer than three criteria; it separately reviewed the totality and found acclaim unsupported. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director found judging and artistic display met. AAO found awards, membership, published material, contributions, and leading/critical role not met; scholarly authorship was waived. The initial three-criterion threshold failed, so formal final merits was reserved; aggregate remarks found acclaim unsupported.
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 | Not met — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | waived — p. 6 |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 6 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner studied and performed as a folk/classical singer, touring with Armenian ensembles and planning to tour and teach in the United States.; pages: 2
claim: Director’s judging and artistic-display findings remained met; AAO rejected awards, membership, published material, original contributions, and leading/critical role; authorship was waived.; pages: 2; 9
claim: AAO reserved formal final merits and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 9; 10
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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