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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL182024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Published material was the only criterion established; awards and leading/critical role were not established, so the threshold 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: Printed decision identifies an EB-1A extraordinary-ability proceeding.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL182024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 18, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO decision; EB-1A unless marked out of scope below. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO found only one criterion and stated it need not fully address totality in a final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Published material was the only criterion established; awards and leading/critical role were not established, so the threshold 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 | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | met — p. 3 |
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 | |
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: The Director found published material met; AAO affirmed that criterion but found the claimed awards and leading/critical role did not establish additional criteria.; pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7
claim: The awards record lacked evidence of award criteria, significance, awardees, or international backing; the claimed advisor/ambassador/consultant roles lacked duties or evidence substantiating leadership and impact.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: AAO dismissed because the petitioner established only one criterion; it did not conduct a formal final-merits determination.; pages: 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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