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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN302022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN302022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found awards, memberships, and judging not established; no three criteria were met and appeal dismissed after aggregate acclaim review.
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 Form I-140 EB-1A decision; any case-specific field-of-endeavor limitation is captured in the verified facts and caveats.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN302022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 30, 2022 |
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 | Fewer than three initial criteria were met; AAO said no final-merits determination was required, while separately noting aggregate review did not support acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found awards, memberships, and judging not established; no three criteria were met and appeal dismissed after aggregate acclaim review.
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 considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 7 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner specialized in painting and claimed awards, membership, judging, and commercial success.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Award certificates did not establish national/international recognition, venue prestige, or award significance; membership claims lacked documented membership and association rules.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: Judging certificates showed invitations but did not objectively establish accepted participation or the judging work performed.; pages: 6; 7
claim: Appeal also asserted income from artwork; bank credits lacked corroborating sales documentation and comparative remuneration evidence.; pages: 7
claim: AAO found no one-time award or three criteria; although formal final-merits determination was unnecessary, it reviewed the record in aggregate and found acclaim unsupported.; pages: 8
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How to use this record
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