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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY232022_02B2203: Certified denial affirmed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Certified denial affirmed The AAO found judging, scholarly authorship, and a leading/critical role met, but found the totality insufficient at final merits and affirmed denial.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A decision, confirmed from source pages 1–2.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY232022_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 23, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | AAO review of a Texas Service Center denial by certification; denial affirmed. |
Operative disposition | Certified denial affirmed |
Final-merits status | The AAO found at least three criteria and then assessed the totality, concluding the evidence did not establish eligibility. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found judging, scholarly authorship, and a leading/critical role met, but found the totality insufficient at final merits and affirmed denial.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification as a physiatrist; the director had found multiple criteria and the AAO reviewed the case on certification.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO found judging, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical role met, but found published material, awards, membership, original contributions, and high salary not established.; pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: After reaching the three-criterion threshold, the AAO considered final merits and concluded the record did not establish extraordinary ability; the petition remained denied.; pages: 8; 9
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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