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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision JUL022012_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL022012_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found fewer than three criteria; membership evidence insufficient, judging issue abandoned, and original contributions/other claimed categories failed. Decision states final-merits step would follow only if three criteria were met. (pp. 4–9).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL022012_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 2, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | Athletics; Taekwondo and Ssang Jul Gon / nunchuck martial arts |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Formal final-merits determination not reached; antecedent three-criterion threshold failed. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found fewer than three criteria; membership evidence insufficient, judging issue abandoned, and original contributions/other claimed categories failed. Decision states final-merits step would follow only if three criteria were met. (pp. 4–9)
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 | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
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How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful martial-arts comparator on abandoned appellate issues, rank vs selective membership and testimonial evidence of contributions. Individual page; preserve issue-abandonment posture.
Editorial use note: Individual page; preserve issue-abandonment posture.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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