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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision MAY142009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY142009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The petitioner claimed a range of fisheries/business accomplishments. AAO found the record did not establish three criteria, citing unsupported or post-filing awards/publications, insufficient evidence for authorship, and no demonstrated qualifying leading/critical role. (pp. 3–10).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY142009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 14, 2009 (printed date partially degraded; decision identifier and page header used) |
Classification / field stated in source | Business; seafood sales/marketing director and seafood production, distribution and marketing specialist |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No final-merits determination; AAO found the initial three-criterion threshold was not established. (p. 10) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner claimed a range of fisheries/business accomplishments. AAO found the record did not establish three criteria, citing unsupported or post-filing awards/publications, insufficient evidence for authorship, and no demonstrated qualifying leading/critical role. (pp. 3–10)
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 coded — 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 coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
The scanned date is degraded; the decision identifier indicates May 14, 2009. Foreign-language materials and award details are not independently verified in the decision; do not elevate the asserted honors/publications to established facts. (pp. 1, 3–8)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A cited fisheries-business explainer can distinguish conference speaking and nominations from awards, and explain the evidence needed for industry media and organizational roles.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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