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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR102020_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR102020_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found none of the four claimed criteria (awards, membership, published material, original contributions) met. It reserved separate continue-work and prospective-benefit issues; final merits was not reached.
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 a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR102020_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 10, 2020 |
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 | No initial criteria were met; AAO expressly says it need not provide final merits and reserves separate statutory issues. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found none of the four claimed criteria (awards, membership, published material, original contributions) met. It reserved separate continue-work and prospective-benefit issues; final merits was not reached.
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. 5 |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
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-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner is a Greco-Roman wrestler and coach who competed primarily in his native country; the Director denied the petition and found no initial criteria met.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Certificates and letters did not establish nationally/internationally recognized individual awards; evidence of student athletes’ awards did not qualify as petitioner’s own awards.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Claimed national-team membership was unsupported and club employment did not establish qualifying association membership; the one article postdated filing.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Coaching letters did not explain specific original techniques or field-wide impact; AAO found no original contribution of major significance.; pages: 6; 7
claim: AAO dismissed because no initial criteria were established and reserved continue-work/public-benefit determinations.; pages: 7; 8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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