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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN032005_14B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN032005_14B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO agreed the evidence failed to satisfy at least three criteria or establish sustained acclaim. Employer roles, teaching, award/recognition, publications, contributions and compensation evidence were not shown to meet the regulatory tests.
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: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN032005_14B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 3, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field claimed: propeller repair / boat manufacturing and instruction. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial by Texas Service Center. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "not reached; three-criterion threshold not met." |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO agreed the evidence failed to satisfy at least three criteria or establish sustained acclaim. Employer roles, teaching, award/recognition, publications, contributions and compensation evidence were not shown to meet the regulatory tests.
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not met |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 2–5; evidence findings pp. 3–5; order p. 5.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Negative comparator for routine employment/teaching, unsupported commercial-success claims, and lacking comparative remuneration; dated decision and fact-specific. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Appeal posture, claimed occupation and governing criteria.
PDF page 4 — Further criteria; employment, judging, authorship and role evidence.
PDF page 5 — Concludes criteria threshold/eligibility not established; appeal dismissed.
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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