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EB-1A remand — AAO decision JAN282020_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN282020_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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: in_scope_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN282020_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-01-28 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; appeal dismissed; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; appeal dismissed; director_findings: See decision-specific basis; distinguish Director/SCOPS findings from AAO findings. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'AAO found awards from local organizations did not establish nationally or internationally recognized prizes. The record also did not establish at least three criteria or the claimed extraordinary ability; evidence of philanthropic activity and intended charitable work did not remedy the initial evidence gap.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | No final-merits analysis after failure to establish three criteria. |
What the AAO decision addressed
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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 — source PDF |
Membership | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Narrow comparison on local awards and charitable activity; avoid implying charitable impact equates to EB-1A acclaim absent criterion-specific proof.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent, fact-specific decision. A remand is not approval. Motion decisions are procedural and should not be combined with merits outcomes. Older regulatory decisions need legal-temporal context before current-facing use.'}
Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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