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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN282017_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found the petitioner met awards and published-material criteria, but not enough additional criteria to reach three; membership, original contributions, artistic display, and leading/critical role were not established.
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: Source is an AAO Form I-140 EB-1A decision; field-specific caveats are stated in verified facts and comparison caveats.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN282017_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 28, 2017 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO expressly states the initial three-criteria threshold was not met and a full final-merits determination was unnecessary; aggregate review did not support eligibility. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the petitioner met awards and published-material criteria, but not enough additional criteria to reach three; membership, original contributions, artistic display, and leading/critical role were not established.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
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 was a competitive swimmer and coach; on appeal he claimed six criteria.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Swimming championships supported the awards criterion; the record did not establish restrictive association membership.; pages: 3
claim: One article was about the petitioner, but other articles concerned meets rather than him; the AAO found the published-material criterion met.; pages: 4
claim: Coaching and swimming achievements lacked proof of field-wide major significance; routine event display and team positions did not establish artistic display or qualifying leadership for a distinguished organization.; pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: The appeal was dismissed because fewer than three criteria were established.; pages: 9
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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