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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN232011_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Original contributions and scholarly authorship are accepted, but the final-merits totality review is unfavorable; the appeal is dismissed.
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: Physical source is an AAO decision involving an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition (one record is specifically a revocation appeal).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN232011_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 23, 2011 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial; petitioner self-represented; appeal dismissed after express final-merits review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO expressly performs final-merits totality review after criterion analysis and finds no sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Original contributions and scholarly authorship are accepted, but the final-merits totality review is unfavorable; the appeal is dismissed.
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. 5 |
Membership | Not met — p. 6 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 7 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | met — p. 9 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 11 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: AAO finds awards, membership, and published-material showings insufficient; original contributions and scholarly authorship satisfy their respective criteria.; evidence_pages: 5; 6; 7; 9
claim: The AAO finds the petitioner did not establish a leading or critical role or high salary.; evidence_pages: 9; 10; 11
claim: The AAO applies a final-merits totality review and finds the record does not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing.; evidence_pages: 11; 12; 13
claim: The appeal is dismissed.; evidence_pages: 13
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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