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AAO EB-1A decision JUL182013_01B2203: Awards

EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL182013_01B2203: appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: AAO decision JUL182013_01B2203: appeal dismissed. The appeal was dismissed; the conclusion discusses final merits conditionally, after noting failure to establish the antecedent three-criterion threshold.

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 decision concerning a Form I-140 EB-1A petition under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID	JUL182013_01B2203
Decision date as printed	July 18, 2013
Classification / field stated in source	AAO decision concerning a Form I-140 petition for EB-1A classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).
Procedural posture	Nonprecedent AAO appeal concerning an entertainment journalist; appeal dismissed.
Operative disposition	appeal dismissed
Final-merits status	The AAO states the petitioner did not establish the antecedent three-criterion threshold and discusses final merits conditionally rather than making an independent final-merits finding.

What the AAO decision addressed

evidence_pages: 22; 23; text: The appeal was dismissed; the conclusion discusses final merits conditionally, after noting failure to establish the antecedent three-criterion threshold.

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. 4, p. 5, p. 6, p. 7
Membership	abandoned — p. 7
Published material about the person	Not met — p. 17, p. 18
Judging the work of others	Not considered — source PDF
Original contributions of major significance	Not met — p. 8, p. 14
Scholarly authorship	Not considered — source PDF
Artistic display or showcases	Not considered — source PDF
Leading or critical role	Not met — p. 16, p. 18
High salary or remuneration	Not met — p. 18, p. 20
Commercial success in the performing arts	Not met — p. 20, p. 21

Source-cited findings recorded in review

claim: The petitioner worked in entertainment journalism and claimed to have developed an RSS text-feed service for mobile news distribution.; evidence_pages: 2; 8; 9
claim: The AAO found the RSS service evidence insufficient to establish original contributions of major significance; letters did not adequately document authorship, development, market impact, or attribution.; evidence_pages: 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14
claim: The AAO found the record did not establish a qualifying leading/critical role or significantly high salary, and declined comparable-evidence treatment.; evidence_pages: 16; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22
claim: The appeal was dismissed; the conclusion discusses final merits conditionally, after noting failure to establish the antecedent three-criterion threshold.; evidence_pages: 22; 23

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

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