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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JUL192013_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL192013_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO withdrew the Director’s favorable awards finding, rejected the additional membership claim, but sustained judging. The other adverse issues were not challenged and were treated as abandoned; two criteria remained below the required three. (pp. 2, 4–10).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL192013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 19, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | Athletics; Chinese martial artist (Wushu/long-fist and weapons competitions) |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination because the initial threshold was not met. The AAO noted evidence did not indicate top-of-field expertise or sustained acclaim. (pp. 9–10) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO withdrew the Director’s favorable awards finding, rejected the additional membership claim, but sustained judging. The other adverse issues were not challenged and were treated as abandoned; two criteria remained below the required three. (pp. 2, 4–10)
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 — source PDF |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Award translations were not individually certified and at least one translated date differed from the original; membership proof/criteria also lacked objective support. (pp. 5, 7–8)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A cited Wushu explainer can show why online search-result counts and competition size do not establish award recognition, and why athlete achievements do not automatically transfer to coaching.
Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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