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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JAN312013_02B2203: Appeal dismissed (p. 17). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN312013_02B2203: Appeal dismissed (p. 17). Petitioner did not establish the three-criterion antecedent threshold; several adverse Director findings were abandoned because she did not contest them on appeal. No formal final-merits analysis was required (pp. 5, 15-17).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN312013_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 31, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition by a professor/consultant in exercise and sport psychology (p. 2). |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 17). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (p. 17). |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination after threshold failed; AAO states it need not conduct one (p. 17). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Petitioner did not establish the three-criterion antecedent threshold; several adverse Director findings were abandoned because she did not contest them on appeal. No formal final-merits analysis was required (pp. 5, 15-17).
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | abandoned |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | unclear |
Original contributions of major significance | unclear |
Scholarly authorship | unclear |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | unclear |
High salary or remuneration | abandoned |
Commercial success in the performing arts | abandoned |
Source holds and limits
No source integrity hold. Redacted; several criterion states require targeted source verification before specific derivative claims.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A procedural FAQ could explain abandoned appellate issues; distinguish abandonment from a newly analyzed merits finding.
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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