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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY172013_03B2203: Operative disposition is rejection for filing defect; the AAO additionally explains that, if properly…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY172013_03B2203: Operative disposition is rejection for filing defect; the AAO additionally explains that, if properly filed, the appeal would be dismissed because the evidence failed to establish three criteria and extraordinary ability (pp. 2-4, 24-26).
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 | MAY172013_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 17, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition in business based on work as a wine and spirits specialist/enologist, including importing and marketing wines in Russia (pp. 2, 14-19). |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center denial appealed; AAO rejected the appeal as improperly filed and stated that, if properly filed, it would be dismissed (pp. 1-3, 26). |
Operative disposition | Operative disposition is rejection for filing defect; the AAO additionally explains that, if properly filed, the appeal would be dismissed because the evidence failed to establish three criteria and extraordinary ability (pp. 2-4, 24-26). |
Final-merits status | AAO states the filed appeal is rejected; its hypothetical merits analysis finds no three-criterion threshold and would deny the petition if properly filed. The conclusion also evaluates total evidence and does not find top-of-field/sustained acclaim (pp. 23-26). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Operative disposition is rejection for filing defect; the AAO additionally explains that, if properly filed, the appeal would be dismissed because the evidence failed to establish three criteria and extraordinary ability (pp. 2-4, 24-26).
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 |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Public copy redacts personally identifying information. Keep any derived content tied to this specific record; do not infer identities or turn a nonprecedent decision into a generalized rule. The operative outcome is rejection for improper filing; distinguish the AAO’s conditional merits discussion from the disposition.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Good narrow case for business/enology claims: commercial success, market entry, letters, salary and award evidence are discussed, but preserve the critical procedural caveat that the appeal was rejected as improperly filed; do not present hypothetical merits as operative disposition.
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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