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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR052020_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner failed to establish three evidentiary criteria; the decision states a separate final-merits determination was therefore unnecessary.
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 identifies an AAO appeal concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR052020_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 5, 2020 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | AAO de novo appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; nonprecedent decision. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The conclusion expressly states that the requisite initial evidence was not submitted and therefore no final-merits determination is provided. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner failed to establish three evidentiary criteria; the decision states a separate final-merits determination was therefore unnecessary.
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner, a construction manager, claimed awards, published material, original contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO found awards were issued to companies rather than shown to be the petitioner’s awards; published material was found met based on an article in China Press; contribution evidence did not establish major significance; salary comparison was insufficient.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 7; 8
claim: The AAO withdrew the director’s adverse determination on leading/critical role, but held that the record did not establish three criteria and dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 5; 6; 8; 9
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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