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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN032005_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed No discussed criterion was accepted; AAO also found the planned coach/trainer work distinct from the claimed athlete field and dismissed the 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: The source is an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN032005_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 3, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A Form I-140. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO found fewer than three qualifying criteria; continued-work requirement was independently not established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
No discussed criterion was accepted; AAO also found the planned coach/trainer work distinct from the claimed athlete field and dismissed the 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. 6 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 7 |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 8 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought extraordinary-ability classification in martial arts; AAO distinguished her claimed competitive-athlete field from proposed work as a coach/trainer.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 8
claim: The decision rejected the discussed awards, membership, published-material, judging, original-contribution, scholarly-authorship, leading-role and commercial-success claims.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: AAO dismissed the appeal; record did not establish continued work in the area of extraordinary ability.; evidence_pages: 2; 8
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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