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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN172009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO found awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical role not established. No three-criterion threshold.
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: Opening page identifies EB-1A classification and final page confirms appeal disposition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN172009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 17, 2009 |
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; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The threshold was not met; AAO also found the record insufficient to establish sustained acclaim, without a separate final-merits step. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical role not established. No three-criterion threshold.
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 | Not met — p. 3 |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
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: The petitioner sought classification based on airport operations, including claimed work as an airport/airline operations director.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found awards, memberships, press material, conference participation as judging, claimed manuals/guidelines, authorship, and claimed leadership at TACA insufficient.; pages: 3; 11
claim: Appeal dismissed.; pages: 11; 12
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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