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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision MAR292006_03B2203: Motion granted procedurally; prior AAO decision affirmed and petition remains…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR292006_03B2203: Motion granted procedurally; prior AAO decision affirmed and petition remains denied. AAO found one lesser award criterion, based on third place at the 2003 U.S. Go Congress. Claimed major award, published material, judging and scholarly authorship were not established. The record also failed to show Go playing as petitioner’s primary occupation/source of income, so intent-to-continue-work was not met. (pp. 2, 7–9).
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 | MAR292006_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 29, 2006 |
Classification / field stated in source | Athletics / game strategy; Go player |
Procedural posture | Motion to reopen/reconsider a prior AAO decision denying the petition; petitioner sought to work as a Go player. |
Operative disposition | Motion granted procedurally; prior AAO decision affirmed and petition remains denied. |
Final-merits status | No final-merits determination; only one criterion was credited, and the separate intent-to-work requirement also failed. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found one lesser award criterion, based on third place at the 2003 U.S. Go Congress. Claimed major award, published material, judging and scholarly authorship were not established. The record also failed to show Go playing as petitioner’s primary occupation/source of income, so intent-to-continue-work was not met. (pp. 2, 7–9)
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 | met; Not met — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
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 holds and limits
Do not describe the motion as approval or the prior denial as reversed: the motion was granted but the petition denial was affirmed. (p. 2)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful only as a procedural-motion explainer and a source-cited example of the separate EB-1A intent-to-work element.
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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