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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR032008_01B2203: No operative order appears in the available source. The appeal outcome cannot be reported from this…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR032008_01B2203: No operative order appears in the available source. The appeal outcome cannot be reported from this truncated PDF. The decision discusses uncertified translations, unsupported testimonials, weakly documented ZMC practice, and a purported Shanghai Guinness certificate not shown to be an award to the petitioner or a scientifically evaluated achievement. The analysis stops partway through the awards criterion on physical p. 6. No conclusion, order, or remaining eight claimed criteria are present. Hold the source; do not publish a case outcome summary until a complete decision is recovered.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: held_incomplete_source. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR032008_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 3, 2008 (cover date is poorly OCR-rendered; source identifier and printed decision context show Mar. 3, 2008) |
Classification / field stated in source | Claimed extraordinary ability in “Chinese Somatic Science and Kinesiology”; the AAO questions whether the described alternative-medicine practice fits statutory science/arts/education/business/athletics fields. |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from Texas Service Center denial; file SRC 06 253 52799. The source ends mid-discussion on physical p. 6, followed by blank physical pp. 7–17. |
Operative disposition | No operative order appears in the available source. The appeal outcome cannot be reported from this truncated PDF. |
Final-merits status | Not reached_or_unavailable |
What the AAO decision addressed
The decision discusses uncertified translations, unsupported testimonials, weakly documented ZMC practice, and a purported Shanghai Guinness certificate not shown to be an award to the petitioner or a scientifically evaluated achievement. The analysis stops partway through the awards criterion on physical p. 6. No conclusion, order, or remaining eight claimed criteria are present. Hold the source; do not publish a case outcome summary until a complete decision is recovered.
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 |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
["Source is truncated: substantive text ends mid-analysis on physical p. 6; physical pp. 7–17 are blank. No conclusion or order is present.", "Date is OCR-noisy on the cover and should be confirmed from an authoritative complete source."]
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Citations use physical PDF page numbers; printed page number noted in page-by-page record where legible.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Do not use for comparison or aggregation until complete source is obtained; current source supports only a narrowly framed example about evaluating nonstandard health practices and the evidentiary limits of anecdotal testimonials, with an explicit truncation hold. HOLD; recover complete USCIS decision PDF before content drafting.
Editorial use note: HOLD; recover complete USCIS decision PDF before content drafting.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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