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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY022019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY022019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). The record established only the leading/critical-role criterion. A sports-event assignment was not a one-time award or lesser award; published material did not meet major-media/about-beneficiary requirements; event-management work was not judging the work of others; comparable evidence was not justified. Fewer than three criteria were established (pp. 3–6).
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 | MAY022019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 2, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; organization petitioner filed for a beneficiary who managed national/international weightlifting competitions as a senior events manager. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Form I-140 denial; de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). |
Final-merits status | Not reached as a formal Kazarian final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were established; AAO nevertheless reviewed the record in aggregate and found it did not support required acclaim (p. 6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
The record established only the leading/critical-role criterion. A sports-event assignment was not a one-time award or lesser award; published material did not meet major-media/about-beneficiary requirements; event-management work was not judging the work of others; comparable evidence was not justified. Fewer than three criteria were established (pp. 3–6).
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 |
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 coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Citations use physical PDF page numbers; pages were visually inspected in source order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful sports event-management example distinguishing a prestigious event assignment and technical coordination from awards or judging, while accepting critical role at a distinguished organization. Avoid treating the organization petitioner as the beneficiary. Potential individual case page after exact criterion wording is confirmed against rendered pages; specify that organization petitioned on behalf of the beneficiary.
Editorial use note: Potential individual case page after exact criterion wording is confirmed against rendered pages; specify that organization petitioned on behalf of the beneficiary.
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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