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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL162024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO adopted and affirmed the Director’s decision, which found leading/critical role met but did not establish the eight additional argued criteria or comparable evidence. Fewer than three criteria were established; no formal final-merits determination was 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: The source is an AAO EB-1A petition appeal and contains decision-specific procedural/evidentiary analysis.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL162024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 16, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition appeal |
Procedural posture | EB-1A appeal after denial and denial on motion; appeal dismissed after fewer than three criteria. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The initial threshold failed; the decision adopts the Director’s decision and does not conduct a formal final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO adopted and affirmed the Director’s decision, which found leading/critical role met but did not establish the eight additional argued criteria or comparable evidence. Fewer than three criteria were established; no formal final-merits determination was 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 met — p. 2 |
Membership | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 4 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 4 |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 5 |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 1 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 5 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 5 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a fashion and lifestyle blogger; AAO rejected narrowing the field to LGBT bloggers as a way to define the comparison field.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The Director found leading/critical role met, but YouTube Silver Creator and another award were not shown recognized for excellence in the broader field; blogger memberships did not establish expert-judged outstanding achievement.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: A howtogreen.ru article was about the petitioner, but website ranking/follower figures were not contextualized to establish major-media status.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Letters about judging a blogging competition conflicted on dates/stages and did not adequately verify actual participation before filing.; pages: 4
claim: Hashtag licensing, Instagram/YouTube work, and asserted commercial success or earnings did not establish major contribution, artistic display, qualifying high salary at filing, or commercial success relative to peers.; pages: 4; 5
claim: The petitioner did not explain which criteria did not readily apply to blogging or why her narrative/articles were comparable evidence; AAO concluded fewer than three criteria and dismissed.; pages: 5; 6
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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