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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN282024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO found lesser awards met, but membership, judging, and artistic display were not established; leading/critical role was reserved after threshold failure. AAO expressly declined formal final merits, while making aggregate no-acclaim observations.
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: The source is an AAO EB-1A petition appeal and contains decision-specific procedural/evidentiary analysis.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN282024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 28, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition appeal |
Procedural posture | EB-1A appeal; dismissed after fewer than three criteria; formal final-merits determination not reached. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The initial threshold failed; AAO expressly said it need not provide formal final merits, though it made aggregate no-acclaim observations. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found lesser awards met, but membership, judging, and artistic display were not established; leading/critical role was reserved after threshold failure. AAO expressly declined formal final merits, while making aggregate no-acclaim observations.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 6 |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — p. 6 |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner competed in numerous national and international jiu-jitsu competitions.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO found IBJJF competition awards, including first-place gold in a 2016 IBJJF event, sufficient for the lesser-awards criterion.; pages: 2; 3
claim: IBJJF black-belt membership requirements shown in the record focused on affiliation, CPR/first aid, referee training, and academy practice/teaching rather than expert-judged outstanding achievement.; pages: 3; 4
claim: The referee evidence lacked a duties description or rules showing the petitioner judged competitors’ skills or selected winners; belt promotions were considered instructor duties rather than judging the work of others.; pages: 4; 5; 6
claim: The petitioner documented competition appearances but not artistic exhibitions/showcases apart from sports competitions; the additional role criterion was reserved.; pages: 6
claim: The threshold failed; AAO dismissed and expressly did not make formal final merits, although it noted the record did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field status.; pages: 6; 7
How this record may be used in research
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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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