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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV042009_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO finds the evidence does not establish the required initial threshold of three criteria; it dismisses the appeal without reaching final merits.
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: Source is a physical AAO decision concerning an EB-1A Form I-140 petition or related motion.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV042009_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 4, 2009 |
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; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The conclusion applies the three-criterion initial threshold; no separate final-merits analysis is conducted. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO finds the evidence does not establish the required initial threshold of three criteria; it dismisses the appeal without reaching final merits.
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 coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petition seeks extraordinary-ability classification in an engineering field and presents multiple criterion claims.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO reviews the claimed awards, membership, published material, judging, contributions, authorship, leading role, and compensation evidence.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13
claim: AAO finds fewer than three criteria established and dismisses without a formal final-merits determination.; evidence_pages: 13; 14
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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