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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV282018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV282018_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Only awards criterion was established. Event placements at high competitive level qualified, but evidence did not establish a major internationally recognized one-time award; membership in national team was not shown to require outstanding achievements; media and leading-role evidence also failed. AAO found sustained acclaim/top-of-field not established.
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: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV282018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 28, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | triathlon / endurance athletics |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "not met" |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only awards criterion was established. Event placements at high competitive level qualified, but evidence did not establish a major internationally recognized one-time award; membership in national team was not shown to require outstanding achievements; media and leading-role evidence also failed. AAO found sustained acclaim/top-of-field not established.
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–5; awards pp. 2–3; membership/media/role pp. 3–4; conclusion p. 5.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow sports comparator: event placements can satisfy an awards criterion without establishing the overall award threshold; useful contrast between individual results and team membership/role. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Director found published material only; AAO reviews awards and elite event placements.
PDF page 4 — Rejects media and leading-role evidence; one criterion only.
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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