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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY162012_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO accepted awards and original contributions, but found membership, published material, and leading/critical role not met; only two criteria were established and the appeal was dismissed.
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: The source is a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY162012_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 16, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Only two initial criteria were found met; the AAO explains final merits would follow only if three criteria were satisfied and dismisses on the initial threshold. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO accepted awards and original contributions, but found membership, published material, and leading/critical role not met; only two criteria were established and the appeal was dismissed.
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. 4 |
Membership | Not met — p. 5 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 6 |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | met — p. 6 |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 7 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner sought extraordinary-ability classification as an athlete; he competed in the 800 meters and claimed Chinese national-level athletic accomplishments.; pages: 2; 6
claim: AAO accepted the awards criterion and found petitioner’s records as first athlete to compete for China in the Olympic 800m and first to win gold in consecutive National Games supported original contributions.; pages: 4; 6
claim: Chinese Olympic delegation membership counted as one association, but evidence did not show the qualifying admission requirements for other claimed associations; criterion not met.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Published Chinese-language materials lacked adequately identified certified translations; AAO found the published-material criterion unmet.; pages: 6
claim: AAO found no qualifying leading/critical role and concluded fewer than three criteria were met; continuation-of-work evidence was also insufficient.; pages: 6; 7; 8; 9
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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