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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR282012_01B2203: AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 14). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR282012_01B2203: AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 14). The AAO found the claimed awards, membership, published material, contributions, judging, and role evidence insufficient; the three-criterion threshold was not established. (pp. 4–13).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR282012_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 28, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A athletics petition filed by a fencing club for a beneficiary described as a fencing coach/athlete; record includes Ukrainian national-team coaching and competition evidence. (pp. 1–2, 4–11) |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 14) |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 14) |
Final-merits status | The AAO found the initial-evidence threshold unmet; no separate final-merits assessment was necessary. (pp. 11–14) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the claimed awards, membership, published material, contributions, judging, and role evidence insufficient; the three-criterion threshold was not established. (pp. 4–13)
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: If editorially cleared, create a source-linked summary that accurately names the procedural posture and order, distinguishes each criterion finding from any final-merits review, and cites the physical PDF pages. Narrow athletics comparison for coaching versus athletic acclaim, role evidence, and documentation of national-team selection.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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