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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision JUL152021_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL152021_02B2203: dismissed. The Director’s findings on judging and leading/critical role were not disturbed. The AAO rejected the high-salary claim and the petitioner did not establish three criteria; final merits was therefore not reached.
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: Complete EB-1A AAO decision or related proceeding reviewed from assigned source PDF; no publication or CMS changes.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL152021_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2021-07-15 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A appellate or related motion decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | Not reached; only two criteria were found established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director’s findings on judging and leading/critical role were not disturbed. The AAO rejected the high-salary claim and the petitioner did not establish three criteria; final merits was therefore not reached.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 2 |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 2 |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The Director’s findings on judging and leading/critical role were not disturbed. The AAO rejected the high-salary claim and the petitioner did not establish three criteria; final merits was therefore not reached.; pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: Decision date, petition classification and case field verified from the source caption/opening page.; pages: 1
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: caveats: The decision does not provide a separate analysis of all claims; findings are limited to the criteria identified and reviewed.; eligible_for_aggregation: True; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Narrow professional comparison on judging/leadership and the need to compare compensation against contemporaneous, occupation- and geography-specific data.; recommended_use: Source-cited case page or tightly scoped aggregation preserving date, field, procedural posture, criterion states and whether formal final merits was reached.
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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