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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY232017_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (p. 7). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY232017_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (p. 7). The petitioner did not satisfy three criteria. Claimed awards, memberships, judging, original contributions, and leading/critical role were not established. AAO noted an aggregate review but did not conduct a separate Kazarian final-merits step (pp. 3–7).
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: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY232017_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 23, 2017 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A sciences appeal; petitioner described as a water emergency management, mitigation, and safety specialist. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO dismissed (pp. 1, 7). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (p. 7). |
Final-merits status | No separate Kazarian final-merits step because fewer than three categories were met; AAO stated aggregate evidence did not establish required expertise (p. 7). |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not satisfy three criteria. Claimed awards, memberships, judging, original contributions, and leading/critical role were not established. AAO noted an aggregate review but did not conduct a separate Kazarian final-merits step (pp. 3–7).
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 met |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | 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-cited findings recorded in review
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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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