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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR312014_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish qualifying evidence under at least three regulatory criteria. The decision separately states that a detailed final-merits determination was unnecessary after the threshold failure.
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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 | MAR312014_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 31, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | AAO de novo appeal of denial of EB-1A Form I-140; petitioner responded to a notice of intent to dismiss raising a material-misrepresentation concern, but AAO declined to enter a misrepresentation finding. Nonprecedent decision. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision explains the next step would be final merits if three criteria were met, but states the threshold was not met and no detailed final-merits determination is needed. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish qualifying evidence under at least three regulatory criteria. The decision separately states that a detailed final-merits determination was unnecessary after the threshold failure.
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 met — p. 7 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 8 |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 7 |
Original contributions of major significance | abandoned — p. 6 |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 9 |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
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 claimed multiple regulatory criteria for work as an acrobatic performer; the AAO considered evidence relating to awards, membership, judging, published material, scholarly authorship and artistic display.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: The AAO found awards and membership unmet; it found the judging criterion met, while published material, scholarly authorship and artistic display were not met. Some issues were abandoned on appeal.; evidence_pages: 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: The decision states that fewer than three criteria were established, so a separate final-merits analysis was unnecessary; appeal dismissed.; evidence_pages: 2; 10
How this record may be used in research
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Page-level source trail
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How to use this record
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