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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL142017_01B2203: Awards and published material met; association membership and role failed. Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL142017_01B2203: Awards and published material met; association membership and role failed.
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_individual_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL142017_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 14, 2017 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal decision, Matter of F-P- |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Awards and published material met; association membership and role failed. |
Final-merits status | Not reached_initial_threshold_failed; aggregate not stated as formal FMD |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards and published material met; association membership and role failed.
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 | met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 5 |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Awards criterion met for documented boxing prizes.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Published-material criterion met for an article about the petitioner in a top boxing website.; pages: 4
claim: Membership and leading/critical role claims failed; only two criteria met, so final merits not reached.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: P-1 nonimmigrant approval did not control EB-1A eligibility.; pages: 6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: in_scope_EB1A_individual_decision
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 4 — Membership and published material; press criterion met.
PDF page 6 — Threshold not met; P-1 distinction; appeal dismissed.
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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