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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN082023_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner failed to establish three criteria; the AAO therefore did not reach formal final merits.
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: Source identifies an AAO appeal concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN082023_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 8, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | AAO de novo appeal from Texas Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; nonprecedent decision. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The conclusion expressly states no final-merits determination is needed after failure to meet the threshold. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner failed to establish three criteria; the AAO therefore did not reach formal final merits.
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 | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 6 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 7 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a marine biologist whose claimed work includes ecological processes in the marine-coastal zone and sandy beaches.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 4; 5
claim: The AAO found awards, membership, published material, original contributions, display, leading/critical role, and high salary insufficient; it discussed conference presentations as not comparable to artistic display and declined to reach a reserved criterion after threshold failure.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO states it need not provide a type of final-merits determination because the required initial evidence of a one-time achievement or three criteria was not submitted; appeal dismissed.; evidence_pages: 7; 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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