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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision JUN112019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN112019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Narrow athletic example about event results/team membership vs major-media coverage and team-role evidence. Names/events redacted; don’t invent the identity of the team or championship.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN112019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 11, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability appeal / Matter of H-M-E-A- (non-precedent) |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not reached_with_aggregate_unfavorable_review |
What the AAO decision addressed
Narrow athletic example about event results/team membership vs major-media coverage and team-role evidence. Names/events redacted; don’t invent the identity of the team or championship.
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 | met — source PDF |
Membership | met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
"No source completeness hold; redacted names and scan/OCR artifacts, but outcomes legible."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Awards; pages: 2
claim: Membership; pages: 2
claim: Published material; pages: 3
claim: Leading/critical role; pages: 3; 4
claim: Final merits; pages: 4; 5
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: individual_case_comparison_eligible
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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