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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV252013_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Insufficient evidence under the claimed criteria, chiefly because translations were noncompliant and the record did not establish recognized awards, significant original contributions, or a qualifying leading/critical role. Membership was abandoned; authorship was not established on the submitted translations.
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: Cover and discussion identify an EB-1A Form I-140 petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV252013_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2013-11-25 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability in business |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal of denial; appeal dismissed after finding fewer than three qualifying criteria. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Do not synthesize the underlying asserted company history as adjudicated fact; describe only the AAO’s evidentiary findings and translation defects. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Insufficient evidence under the claimed criteria, chiefly because translations were noncompliant and the record did not establish recognized awards, significant original contributions, or a qualifying leading/critical role. Membership was abandoned; authorship was not established on the submitted translations.
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 met — p. 4 |
Membership | abandoned — p. 5 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 6 |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 7 |
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 cover gives November 25, 2013 and identifies an EB-1A business petition for an e-commerce entrepreneur; the decision states it is nonprecedential.; pages: 1
claim: Most submitted Chinese-language evidence lacked individually certified translations; AAO treated the translations as non-probative under 8 C.F.R. §103.2(b)(3).; pages: 3; 4
claim: The award evidence did not establish nationally/internationally recognized awards; membership claim was abandoned on appeal.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Published material did not meet the criterion because translations and publication/outlet evidence were deficient; claimed original business contributions were not shown to be original/majorly significant.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Authorship was described conditionally as supportable only if compliant translations had been submitted; leadership evidence also failed the criterion.; pages: 7
claim: AAO concluded fewer than three criteria were established and ordered dismissal without a formal final-merits determination.; pages: 8
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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