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AAO EB-1A decision JUL102013_01B2203: Awards

AAO EB-1A decision JUL102013_01B2203: Awards

EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL102013_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: AAO decision JUL102013_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Only judging and scholarly authorship were established; awards and published-material claims were abandoned and contributions failed, so the threshold was not met.

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: Source is an AAO decision involving an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID

JUL102013_01B2203

Decision date as printed

July 10, 2013

Classification / field stated in source

EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140)

Procedural posture

AAO appeal from Texas Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; self-represented petitioner.

Operative disposition

Appeal dismissed

Final-merits status

The AAO says the petitioner failed the antecedent three-types requirement; final merits was not reached.

What the AAO decision addressed

Only judging and scholarly authorship were established; awards and published-material claims were abandoned and contributions failed, so the threshold was not met.

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

abandoned — p. 4

Membership

Not considered — source PDF

Published material about the person

abandoned — p. 4

Judging the work of others

met — p. 4

Original contributions of major significance

Not met — p. 4, p. 5

Scholarly authorship

met — p. 8

Artistic display or showcases

Not considered — source PDF

Leading or critical role

Not considered — source PDF

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 petitioner sought EB-1A classification in the sciences; appeal record included work-related citations and scholarly articles.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 5; 8

  • claim: Awards and published-material claims were abandoned on appeal; judging and scholarly authorship were accepted, while original contributions were not established.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9

  • claim: The AAO found the three-criterion threshold unmet and dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 9

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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Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for JUL102013_01B2203