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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL112022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Director findings of scholarly authorship and high remuneration were undisturbed. The claimed leading/critical role was not established. Awards, judging, and original contributions were not established on the limited appeal record; other prior claims were abandoned.
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 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition proceeding; procedural/fraud-limited cases retain their stated caveats.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL112022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 11, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition appeal / motion, as specified in procedural posture |
Procedural posture | EB-1A motion-to-reopen/reconsider denial appealed; appeal dismissed after fewer than three criteria; formal final merits not reached, with aggregate observations. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The initial three-criterion threshold failed; AAO expressly did not conduct a formal final-merits determination, though it offered aggregate observations. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director findings of scholarly authorship and high remuneration were undisturbed. The claimed leading/critical role was not established. Awards, judging, and original contributions were not established on the limited appeal record; other prior claims were abandoned.
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 met — p. 5 |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 2 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | met — p. 2 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a computer systems analyst with SAP Basis work; the Director had found scholarly authorship and high remuneration.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The petitioner claimed critical roles for client companies but was not directly employed by them; employer and professor letters did not show his work was significant to clients’ outcomes or place him in a leading role.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: SAP Basis work can be important within system management, but that did not establish a critical role for the client organizations overall.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Award and judging claims were not substantiated; the April 2020 letter did not establish actual judging, and original-contribution letters described routine duties without major significance.; pages: 5; 6
claim: The AAO considered the earlier two criteria met, found fewer than three, and dismissed without formal final merits.; pages: 6; 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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