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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR312009_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner failed to establish the discussed criteria and the required extraordinary-ability showing.
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 an AAO decision on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR312009_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 31, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal of denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; nonprecedent decision. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO found the initial criterion evidence insufficient and dismissed; no formal final-merits determination is separately conducted. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner failed to establish the discussed criteria and the required extraordinary-ability showing.
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 6 |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 7 |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought extraordinary-ability classification in the arts and the AAO addressed awards, published material, judging, original contributions, artistic display and commercial success.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO found each discussed criterion unmet, including awards, published material, judging, contributions, artistic display and commercial success.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO concluded the record did not establish eligibility and dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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