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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY212021_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO says it need not provide the Kazarian-type final-merits determination because the threshold is unmet, but expressly reviews the record in aggregate and concludes acclaim/top-of-field criteria are not established; classify as adverse aggregate merits review, not a clean formal-step exemplar.
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 concerns EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 or its motion; the motion posture is separately identified.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY212021_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 21, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from Texas Service Center denial of EB-1A Form I-140; appeal dismissed following an adverse aggregate acclaim review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO says it need not provide the Kazarian-type final-merits determination because the threshold is unmet, but expressly reviews the record in aggregate and concludes acclaim/top-of-field criteria are not established; classify as adverse aggregate merits review, not a clean formal-step exemplar. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO says it need not provide the Kazarian-type final-merits determination because the threshold is unmet, but expressly reviews the record in aggregate and concludes acclaim/top-of-field criteria are not established; classify as adverse aggregate merits review, not a clean formal-step exemplar.
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner is a human-resources researcher and professor in business administration.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO accepts judging and scholarly authorship, but rejects the award, published-material, original-contribution, and high-salary criteria.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: AAO says the record was reviewed in aggregate and does not support sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing; appeal dismissed.; evidence_pages: 9; 10
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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