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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN132006_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN132006_02B2203: dismissed. The evidence did not establish a one-time major award or at least three regulatory criteria.
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 AAO decision addressing a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN132006_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2006-06-13 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of denial of a Form I-140 EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision’s criteria-by-criteria discussion does not undertake a separate final-merits determination; it concludes the initial eligibility standard is unmet. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The evidence did not establish a one-time major award or at least three regulatory criteria.
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 considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 6 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 6 |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 7 |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — p. 8 |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a dancer/ballroom-dance competitor; the AAO addresses awards, published material, judging, original contributions, leading/critical role, high salary, and commercial success. (pp. 2–8); pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO found the submitted awards, media, judging, contribution, role, salary, and commercial-success evidence did not satisfy the respective criteria; references to competitions and dance ability did not establish extraordinary ability. (pp. 3–8); pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The appeal was dismissed for failure to establish eligibility under the EB-1A standard. (p. 8); pages: 8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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