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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY252021_01B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY252021_01B2203: dismissed. The petitioner did not establish that the previous motion decision misapplied law or policy. The gold medal evidence did not establish national/international recognition; the karate association evidence did not establish formal membership requirements or expert adjudicators. Continued-work issue remained reserved.
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: Caption identifies an EB-1A motion concerning martial-arts extraordinary ability.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY252021_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 25, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A third motion to reconsider AAO decision |
Procedural posture | Third motion to reconsider, following denial, appeal, and two prior dismissed motions; motion dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The motion decision concerns reconsideration of criterion findings; final merits was not reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish that the previous motion decision misapplied law or policy. The gold medal evidence did not establish national/international recognition; the karate association evidence did not establish formal membership requirements or expert adjudicators. Continued-work issue remained reserved.
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 | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The current filing was a third motion to reconsider, limited to the prior decision; the earlier appeal found only the judging criterion met among those adjudicated.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: A photograph supported receipt of a gold medal in a martial-arts championship, but no event rules, results, competitor list, entry requirements, coverage, or scope evidence showed national/international recognition for excellence.; pages: 3; 4
claim: The karate association letter did not provide the constitution or clear formal membership requirements and did not establish that committee members judging honorary membership were recognized national/international experts.; pages: 4; 5
claim: The AAO reserved the continue-work issue and dismissed the motion.; pages: 5; 6
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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