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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY102013_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY102013_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO rejects claimed awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, and scholarly authorship, but accepts artistic display. The decision says the three-criteria threshold is unmet and does not reach final merits.
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: Physical source is an AAO decision on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY102013_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 10, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from a Nebraska Service Center denial; appeal dismissed for failure to establish the initial criteria threshold. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision concludes the initial three-criteria threshold is unmet and does not conduct final-merits review. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO rejects claimed awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, and scholarly authorship, but accepts artistic display. The decision says the three-criteria threshold is unmet and does not reach final merits.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 10 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 11 |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 12 |
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: Petitioner seeks classification based on piano performance and competition/fellowship accomplishments.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 5; 6
claim: The AAO finds the award, membership, publication, judging, contribution and authorship evidence insufficient, but accepts the display criterion.; evidence_pages: 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
claim: The decision finds fewer than three criteria and dismisses without reaching final merits.; evidence_pages: 12; 13
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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