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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL102019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Only the leading/critical-role criterion is met; the three-criterion threshold is unmet. AAO provides aggregate discussion but does not reach formal final merits.
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 concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL102019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 10, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from Nebraska Service Center EB-1A denial; comparative-evidence claim also rejected. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Only the leading/critical-role criterion is met; the three-criterion threshold is unmet. AAO provides aggregate discussion but does not reach formal final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only the leading/critical-role criterion is met; the three-criterion threshold is unmet. AAO provides aggregate discussion but does not reach formal final merits.
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 | Not met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 6 |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 7 |
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: Matter of F-P-D-B-; petitioner is a table-tennis coach.; evidence_pages: 1
claim: Director found none of ten criteria; AAO evaluates awards and other claimed criteria.; evidence_pages: 2
claim: Awards evidence does not establish national/international recognition; membership evidence begins.; evidence_pages: 3
claim: Membership requirements fail; published material not primarily about petitioner or shown as major media.; evidence_pages: 4
claim: Original contributions fail to show field-wide impact; youth programs and recruitment are not adequately linked to field change.; evidence_pages: 5
claim: Further contribution evidence and claims about athletes coached do not show major significance; artistic-display criterion fails.; evidence_pages: 6
claim: Leading/critical role for distinguished table-tennis club is met; comparable evidence rejected because petitioner did not show criteria inapplicable.; evidence_pages: 7
claim: AAO finds threshold unmet, gives aggregate negative discussion, and dismisses appeal.; evidence_pages: 8
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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