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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL192005_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO finds prior tennis achievements do not establish sustained acclaim in subsequent coaching; evidence fails criteria for the coaching field, and appeal is dismissed without final merits.
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: Physical source is an AAO/SCOPS decision on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL192005_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 19, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO rejects the criterion evidence and concludes the petitioner’s prior acclaim does not carry over to coaching; no threshold of three criteria, no formal final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO finds prior tennis achievements do not establish sustained acclaim in subsequent coaching; evidence fails criteria for the coaching field, and appeal is dismissed without final merits.
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 | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 8 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 9 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a tennis player in the former Soviet Union and later a coach in Canada; the AAO distinguishes prior acclaim as a player from the later coaching work.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: The AAO reviews awards, membership, published material, judging, contributions, display, and leading role; it finds the criteria are not established for the claimed coaching endeavor.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: The appeal is dismissed; the decision does not establish three qualifying criteria and does not conduct final merits.; evidence_pages: 10; 11
How this record may be used in research
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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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