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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL282009_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The decision rejects the discussed awards, membership, published material, judging, and leading/critical-role claims; the evidence also did not establish sustained acclaim. The source uses an older aggregate assessment, not a distinct modern final-merits step. A future-employment finding was withdrawn on appeal.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity and posture checked against opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL282009_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 28, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | No separate modern final-merits determination; the older decision found the threshold unmet and separately found no sustained acclaim. It withdrew the Director’s adverse future-work finding, which is not a criterion finding. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The decision rejects the discussed awards, membership, published material, judging, and leading/critical-role claims; the evidence also did not establish sustained acclaim. The source uses an older aggregate assessment, not a distinct modern final-merits step. A future-employment finding was withdrawn on appeal.
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. 9 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petition filed June 8, 2007 sought classification based on soccer; petitioner said he intended to continue as a player or coach.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Awards from youth/amateur competitions were not shown to be nationally or internationally recognized; membership, published-material, judging, and role evidence also failed.; pages: 3; 10
claim: AAO withdrew the Director’s finding on future work but dismissed the appeal after finding no sustained acclaim.; pages: 11; 11
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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