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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT032024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish a one-time major award or at least three criteria. The awards, leading/critical role, and high-salary evidence did not establish the claimed criteria; final merits was not reached.
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: Complete identity-matched AAO decision concerning EB-1A or EB-1B extraordinary-ability eligibility.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT032024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2024-10-03 |
Classification / field stated in source | executive and furniture-business owner; EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of an EB-1A petition. The Director found the record did not establish the claimed initial criteria; AAO reviews awards, leading or critical role, and high salary and dismisses. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The petitioner did not establish a one-time major award or at least three criteria. The awards, leading/critical role, and high-salary evidence did not establish the claimed criteria; final merits was not reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish a one-time major award or at least three criteria. The awards, leading/critical role, and high-salary evidence did not establish the claimed criteria; final merits was not reached.
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner owned and operated a furniture business and sought EB-1A classification based on business achievements.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Three certificates of recognition were not supported by evidence showing that the granting entities or awards had the required recognition.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Letters and business evidence did not establish a leading or critical role for an organization with a distinguished reputation.; pages: 4; 5; 6
claim: The salary evidence lacked reliable comparative wage data; AAO concluded that fewer than three criteria were met and did not reach final merits.; pages: 6; 7
claim: AAO dismissed the appeal.; pages: 7
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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