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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY272020_09B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO rejects the award, membership, publication, judging, contributions and role showings; it finds neither a one-time achievement nor three criteria and the aggregate record does not establish acclaim.
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 an AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY272020_09B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 27, 2020 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; appeal dismissed after final-merits analysis. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO’s final-merits review finds no sustained acclaim or recognition placing petitioner among the small percentage at the top of taekwondo. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO rejects the award, membership, publication, judging, contributions and role showings; it finds neither a one-time achievement nor three criteria and the aggregate record does not establish acclaim.
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 met — p. 5 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner is a taekwondo athlete and trainer who relies on competition awards and coaching/leadership evidence.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: AAO rejects awards, memberships, published material, judging, original contributions and leading-role evidence.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: AAO concludes the criteria threshold is not met and separately finds no sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing.; evidence_pages: 10; 11
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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