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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR202005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR202005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. The evidence failed to establish the claimed criteria or sustained acclaim; the post-filing CFA credential was not considered for eligibility at filing.
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 face identifies an AAO decision on a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition. Field, posture, and final-merits distinctions are preserved in the source-grounded findings.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR202005_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 20, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Legacy 2005 decision applies an overall sustained-acclaim analysis but does not make a distinct modern Kazarian final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The evidence failed to establish the claimed criteria or sustained acclaim; the post-filing CFA credential was not considered for eligibility at filing.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 7 |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 8 |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner’s claimed field was business, specifically global financial reporting and analysis; the record described financial analyst and management-trainee work.; pages: 2; 8
claim: A Chartered Financial Analyst credential obtained in September 2003 postdated the petition filing; affiliate and professional association memberships did not require outstanding achievements.; pages: 3; 4
claim: The AAO rejected job duties such as evaluating employees as judging; employer letters did not show original contributions recognized by the field at large; work presentations were not comparable evidence of scholarly authorship.; pages: 5; 6; 7
claim: The record lacked a sufficiently specific organizational role and distinguished-reputation evidence; the appeal was dismissed.; pages: 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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