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EB-1A three-criterion threshold — AAO decision NOV022006_02B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV022006_02B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. AAO found the submitted education and employment records did not relate to criteria; petitioner did not establish a major award or at least three criteria and did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing. No individual enumerated criterion was separately analyzed with evidence.
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: EB-1A merits appeal; broad initial-evidence and acclaim failure, with no criterion-specific evidentiary ruling.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV022006_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 2, 2006 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal dismissed |
Procedural posture | Self-represented petitioner appealed denial after filing a petition supported with education/employment documents and no persuasive evidence tied to the regulatory criteria. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition denied. |
Final-merits status | Reached at a general level; AAO found no eligibility or top-of-field showing. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the submitted education and employment records did not relate to criteria; petitioner did not establish a major award or at least three criteria and did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing. No individual enumerated criterion was separately analyzed with evidence.
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 reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover identifies a self-represented EB-1A case dated November 2, 2006.; pages: 1
claim: Petition filed May 23, 2005 for an accountant/finance professional; director found no criteria satisfied.; pages: 3
claim: On appeal petitioner resubmitted academic certificates, transcripts, and employment verification; AAO found these unrelated to any regulatory criterion.; pages: 4
claim: AAO found no major internationally recognized award, no three-criterion showing, and no sustained acclaim/top-of-field evidence; appeal dismissed.; pages: 4
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible only for narrow educational/employment-document framing; not useful for criterion-specific aggregation.
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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