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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV052013_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO accepted awards and association membership as met, but the published-material claim was abandoned and original contributions were not established; only two criteria were met.
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 printed source is a complete AAO Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV052013_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 5, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Form I-140 EB-1A denial; AAO review; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO states that qualifying evidence was not submitted under at least three criteria; final merits is unnecessary. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO accepted awards and association membership as met, but the published-material claim was abandoned and original contributions were not established; only two criteria were met.
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 | met — p. 6 |
Membership | met — p. 6 |
Published material about the person | abandoned — p. 6 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
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: The petitioner was an Olympic swimmer and pursued EB-1A classification based on athletic evidence, including awards and association membership.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The AAO found the awards and membership criteria met; the published-material claim was abandoned on appeal and the original-contributions claim failed because the evidence did not show major significance in the field.; pages: 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO concluded that fewer than three criteria were established and dismissed without reaching final merits.; pages: 8; 9
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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