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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN302008_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN302008_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. The decision rejects awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, leading/critical role and aggregate evidence; fewer than three criteria, no formal final-merits determination.
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 decision identifies an AAO appeal concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN302008_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 30, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Public-copy, nonprecedent AAO appeal from Texas Service Center denial of EB-1A Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision does not reach a separate formal final-merits determination; the regulatory threshold of three criteria was not met. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The decision rejects awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, leading/critical role and aggregate evidence; fewer than three criteria, no formal final-merits determination.
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 | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 6 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
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 petition sought EB-1A classification for a project manager for architectural/design projects; the record discusses design firms, architecture and retail-interior projects.; evidence_pages: 2; 7; 8
claim: AAO rejects a local open-house photography contest as an award, membership evidence, media about the petitioner, judging, major-contribution evidence and leading/critical-role evidence.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: The appeal is dismissed; the decision says required eligibility was not established and no separate final-merits step is necessary.; evidence_pages: 9; 10
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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