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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL282022_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The Director found only the judging criterion; AAO rejects awards and membership and states it need not reach additional issue(s) or a final-merits determination, though it comments on the aggregate record.
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 AAO decision on an EB-1A Form I-140 extraordinary-ability petition or appeal, including the decision that remands for further action.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL282022_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2022-07-28 |
Classification / field stated in source | school-management/instruction entrepreneur; AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A; the Director found judging as the single established criterion; AAO rejects awards and membership claims and reserves final merits. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The Director found only the judging criterion; AAO rejects awards and membership and states it need not reach additional issue(s) or a final-merits determination, though it comments on the aggregate record. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director found only the judging criterion; AAO rejects awards and membership and states it need not reach additional issue(s) or a final-merits determination, though it comments on the aggregate record.
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 |
Membership | Not met — p. 5 |
Published material about the person | Not reached — p. 6 |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 4 |
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
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: The beneficiary is described as a school president/chief instructor; the Director found only one evidentiary criterion, judging. (pp. 1–4); pages: 1; 2; 3; 4
claim: The award evidence related to the beneficiary’s prior competition career and not the claimed school-management/instruction field; the awards criterion was not met. (p. 4); pages: 4
claim: Membership in cited martial-arts associations did not establish outstanding achievements required for membership. (p. 5); pages: 5
claim: The AAO states fewer than three criteria are established, need not reach the remaining published-material issue or final merits, and dismisses. (pp. 6–7); pages: 6; 7
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
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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