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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR042009_02B2203: Appeal and motions rejected petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR042009_02B2203: Appeal and motions rejected petition denied. The original appeal was untimely. The AAO rejects the later motions and, in its de novo discussion of the EB-1A record, finds the petitioner did not establish a qualifying major award or three criteria, and did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing.
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 identifies an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A Form I-140 appeal or associated motion and discusses the classification merits.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR042009_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 4, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 petition for classification as an alien of extraordinary ability under INA § 203(b)(1)(A) (EB-1A). |
Procedural posture | AAO review of a prior untimely appeal and later motions to reopen/reconsider concerning an EB-1A petition; it rejects the later motions and leaves the petition denied. |
Operative disposition | appeal_and_motions_rejected_petition_denied |
Final-merits status | The decision says the evidentiary threshold was not met and that a separate final-merits explanation is unnecessary; its conclusion also states the record does not show sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The original appeal was untimely. The AAO rejects the later motions and, in its de novo discussion of the EB-1A record, finds the petitioner did not establish a qualifying major award or three criteria, and did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing.
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 met — p. 9 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — p. 6 |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 13 |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The public copy identifies an EB-1A Form I-140 and an underlying filing seeking classification for a Chinese opera artist.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 5
claim: The AAO explains the appeal and motion history, including the untimely appeal and later motions; it rejects those procedural requests.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: On the merits discussion, the AAO finds the award, membership, published-material, judging, contributions, display, role, salary and commercial-success evidence insufficient.; evidence_pages: 6; 8; 9; 10; 12; 13; 14
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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