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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR152018_01B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR152018_01B2203: dismissed. The AAO agreed the petitioner established a leading/critical role and high salary, but rejected awards, original contributions and scholarly authorship. With only two criteria met, it did not conduct final merits and dismissed the appeal.
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.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR152018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2018-03-15 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A appellate or related motion decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition; decision styled Matter of T-G, Inc. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | Not reached; the opinion states that only two regulatory criteria were satisfied. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO agreed the petitioner established a leading/critical role and high salary, but rejected awards, original contributions and scholarly authorship. With only two criteria met, it did not conduct final merits and dismissed the appeal.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 5 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 5 |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The AAO agreed the petitioner established a leading/critical role and high salary, but rejected awards, original contributions and scholarly authorship. With only two criteria met, it did not conduct final merits and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 1; 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: Decision date, petition classification and case field verified from the source caption/opening page.; pages: 1
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: caveats: Nonprecedent decision; the appeal was dismissed for failure to establish three criteria, not after a formal final-merits determination.; eligible_for_aggregation: True; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Narrow apparel/technical-design comparison on distinguishing employer testimonials from field-wide original contribution and on compensation evidence.; recommended_use: Source-cited case page or tightly scoped aggregation preserving date, field, procedural posture, criterion states and whether formal final merits was reached.
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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