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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision JUN252019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN252019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO accepted major-media material about the petitioner and a managing-director role at a leading Nepal trekking/mountaineering agency; rejected comparable-evidence rationale, award claim, and major-significance claims about climate research, filmmaking, water access, and rescue work. No formal final-merits step was required. (pp. 2–7).
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Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN252019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 25, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | Mountaineering; Sherpa and mountain expedition leader |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed after failure to meet three criteria. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not reached as separate final-merits step after threshold failure; aggregate review was adverse. (p. 7) |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO accepted major-media material about the petitioner and a managing-director role at a leading Nepal trekking/mountaineering agency; rejected comparable-evidence rationale, award claim, and major-significance claims about climate research, filmmaking, water access, and rescue work. No formal final-merits step was required. (pp. 2–7)
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
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How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Mountaineering comparator on occupation-fit/comparable evidence, field-specific award recognition, and distinguishing rescue service from field-wide contribution. Individual case page; preserve exact finding that only role and published-material criteria were accepted.
Editorial use note: Individual case page; preserve exact finding that only role and published-material criteria were accepted.
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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