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AAO EB-1A decision MAY172012_02B2203: Awards

EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY172012_02B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed; petition denied Operative order and disposition in the source decision.

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: Source is an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A Form I-140 petition under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID	MAY172012_02B2203
Decision date as printed	May 17, 2012
Classification / field stated in source	AAO decision concerning a Form I-140 petition for EB-1A classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).
Procedural posture	AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A petition; petitioner sought to continue work as a dance teacher/trainer after a competitive ballroom-dance career.
Operative disposition	Appeal dismissed; petition denied
Final-merits status	The AAO found the antecedent requirement of three criteria was not met; it expressly says the proper conclusion is failure of that threshold.

What the AAO decision addressed

Operative order and disposition in the source decision.

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 — p. 5, p. 6, p. 7, p. 8
Membership	Not met — p. 9, p. 10, p. 11
Published material about the person	Not met — p. 11, p. 12
Judging the work of others	Not considered — source PDF
Original contributions of major significance	Not met — p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 15, p. 16, p. 17
Scholarly authorship	Not considered — source PDF
Artistic display or showcases	Not considered — source PDF
Leading or critical role	Not met — p. 17, p. 18, p. 19
High salary or remuneration	Not met — p. 20, p. 21
Commercial success in the performing arts	Not considered — source PDF

Source-cited findings recorded in review

claim: The petition concerned ballroom dance teaching/training; the AAO distinguished the current teaching field from earlier competitive dancing.; evidence_pages: 2; 4; 5
claim: The AAO rejected the claimed awards, membership, published material, original contributions, leading role, and high-salary evidence; many listed awards were won by the petitioner’s students.; evidence_pages: 5; 8; 9; 11; 12; 17; 19; 20; 21
claim: The AAO found the three-criterion threshold unmet and dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 21; 22

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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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for MAY172012_02B2203