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EB-1A membership — AAO decision MAY062024_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY062024_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. ; fewer than three criteria were met. AAO reserved final merits and issues not necessary to the outcome. (pp. 2–8).
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 | MAY062024_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 6, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Athletics/business; Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete intending to work as a coach and co-owner of a BJJ school |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No final-merits determination; AAO expressly reserved remaining issues after finding fewer than three criteria. (pp. 7–8) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed; fewer than three criteria were met. AAO reserved final merits and issues not necessary to the outcome. (pp. 2–8)
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 |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Source-cited explainer could clarify award recognition beyond winning, team affiliation versus selective membership, and matching acclaim to intended coaching work.
Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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