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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV242020_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO found the claimed awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, and high salary insufficient. It also concluded the record did not establish the required three criteria or sustained 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: Opening page identifies EB-1A classification and final page confirms appeal disposition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV242020_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 24, 2020 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial after director found judging and leading/critical role unestablished; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO found the initial threshold unmet and the total evidence insufficient for sustained acclaim; it did not perform a distinct final-merits stage. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the claimed awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, and high salary insufficient. It also concluded the record did not establish the required three criteria or sustained 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 | |
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 | |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 10 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 10 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification in finance/business coaching; the director had found no qualifying judging or leading/critical role and denied the petition.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO did not credit awards, association memberships, press coverage, judging, contributions, display, role, or salary evidence as sufficient for the claimed classification.; pages: 3; 10
claim: The appeal was dismissed.; pages: 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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