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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN102005_09B2203: Appeal sustained; petition approved. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal sustained; petition approved AAO found lesser internationally/nationally recognized squash prizes, scholarly authorship in Squash Magazine, and a leading role at the distinguished Dayton Squash Center. Those three criteria plus record evidence of rankings and acclaim established eligibility; appeal sustained.
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 printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity/date/posture checked against the opening page and disposition against the ending page.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN102005_09B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 10, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; sustained; Director’s decision withdrawn and petition approved. |
Operative disposition | Appeal sustained; petition approved |
Final-merits status | AAO found three regulatory criteria met—awards, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical role—and concluded the beneficiary had requisite sustained acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found lesser internationally/nationally recognized squash prizes, scholarly authorship in Squash Magazine, and a leading role at the distinguished Dayton Squash Center. Those three criteria plus record evidence of rankings and acclaim established eligibility; appeal sustained.
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. 5 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 6 |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 6 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 9 |
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: Beneficiary worked as a squash professional whose role combined professional play, coaching, program management, and tournaments at Dayton Squash Center.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: AAO found PSA tour titles and the U.S. National Men’s 30+ Championship qualifying awards; two pre-filing Squash Magazine instructional articles met scholarly authorship; his leading role at DSC and the center’s distinguished reputation were established.; pages: 4; 8; 9
claim: AAO found the threshold and sustained-acclaim requirement met, withdrew the Director’s denial, sustained the appeal, and approved the petition.; pages: 10
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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