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EB-1A membership — AAO decision MAY282020_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO sustained judging and scholarly authorship, rejected other disputed criteria, and conducted an unfavorable final-merits determination; appeal dismissed.
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: The source is an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY282020_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-05-28 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; director had credited three criteria, AAO reviewed disputed findings de novo. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO expressly addresses final merits after identifying only two criteria met and finds the aggregate evidence insufficient. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO sustained judging and scholarly authorship, rejected other disputed criteria, and conducted an unfavorable final-merits determination; appeal dismissed.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
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 beneficiary was described as a chief controller officer/executive involved in acquiring existing firearm-manufacturing companies.; evidence_pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found judging and scholarly authorship met; it rejected membership, leading/critical role, and high salary.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: AAO conducted final-merits review and found the total record insufficient to establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing; appeal dismissed.; evidence_pages: 7; 8; 9
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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