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EB-1A high salary or remuneration — AAO decision MAY012019_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY012019_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Director found no initial criteria; AAO found the claimed awards, association membership, published material, contributions and high-salary claims unsupported. Record included contradictory compensation evidence and contracts not shown to establish exceptional remuneration. (pp. 1–8).
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: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY012019_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 1, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | Business; technology entrepreneur and product manager |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Formal final merits not reached because fewer than three criteria were met; appeal dismissed. (pp. 7–8) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director found no initial criteria; AAO found the claimed awards, association membership, published material, contributions and high-salary claims unsupported. Record included contradictory compensation evidence and contracts not shown to establish exceptional remuneration. (pp. 1–8)
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
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 coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
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How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful business/technology comparator for award-recipient identity, startup/association claims, and occupation-matched salary evidence. Individual page; distinguish investment or company recognition from personal prizes.
Editorial use note: Individual page; distinguish investment or company recognition from personal prizes.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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