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EB-1A membership — AAO decision OCT152020_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO sustained only the leading/critical-role criterion. Other claimed awards, membership, published material, contributions, display, and high salary did not supply two more criteria.
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 | OCT152020_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 15, 2020 |
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 found fewer than three criteria and did not reach a formal final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO sustained only the leading/critical-role criterion. Other claimed awards, membership, published material, contributions, display, and high salary did not supply two more criteria.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | waived — p. 3 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 8 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner relied on event-management work for the Rio 2016 Olympics and 2014 FIFA World Cup and the director had found one criterion—leading/critical role—met.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO rejected claims concerning membership, published material, original contributions, artistic display, and high salary; some other claims were waived when not pursued on appeal.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: Fewer than three criteria were established; the AAO did not reach formal final merits and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 8; 9
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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