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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY012020_01B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY012020_01B2203: dismissed. Awards and published material were accepted, but no third criterion or one-time major award was established.
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: Complete AAO decision addressing an EB-1A Form I-140 extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY012020_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-05-01 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition decision or motion proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of a Form I-140 EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed after finding fewer than three criteria. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO found only two criteria and expressly did not reach final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards and published material were accepted, but no third criterion or one-time major award was established.
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 — p. 2 |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | met — p. 2 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
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 was a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor. The Director found awards and published-material criteria met; AAO agreed with both. (pp. 1–2); pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO found the World Championship evidence did not establish a one-time major award or nationally/internationally recognized award, and membership evidence did not require outstanding achievements. (pp. 2–5); pages: 2; 3; 4; 5
claim: The appeal was dismissed because the petitioner met only two criteria; final merits was unnecessary. (p. 6); pages: 5; 6
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
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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