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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN052023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN052023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 6). Leading/critical role was accepted. Membership, judging and high salary were not established; awards, published material, original contributions and display were abandoned on appeal. The record remained below the required threshold and did not establish the claimed extraordinary ability (pp. 2–6).
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN052023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 5, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO nonprecedent EB-1A appeal concerning a restaurant general manager/restaurateur in the U.S. restaurant industry, operating a South Indian vegetarian restaurant business. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; AAO considered claimed criteria and final merits/aggregate record. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 6). |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits analysis; threshold failure. AAO noted it need not reach prospective benefit after failure to establish the required criteria (pp. 5–6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Leading/critical role was accepted. Membership, judging and high salary were not established; awards, published material, original contributions and display were abandoned on appeal. The record remained below the required threshold and did not establish the claimed extraordinary ability (pp. 2–6).
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 | abandoned |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | abandoned |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | abandoned |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 2–6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow hospitality/restaurant-management comparison for field alignment (chef competition vs restaurant manager), association criteria and salary evidence reconciliation. Sensitive personal details remain anonymized. Individual source-linked summary; narrow comparison only.
Editorial use note: Individual source-linked summary; narrow comparison only.
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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