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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT252019_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO found awards and judging met but the remaining discussed criteria did not bring the total to three; 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 eligibility or motion review of such eligibility.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT252019_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2019-10-25 |
Classification / field stated in source | martial artist and martial arts instructor; EB-1A petition |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A petition. AAO finds the awards and judging criteria met; membership, published material, original contributions and leading/critical role are not met; fewer than three, appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO found awards and judging met but the remaining discussed criteria did not bring the total to three; final merits was not reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found awards and judging met but the remaining discussed criteria did not bring the total to three; 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 | |
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
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 petitioner was a martial artist and instructor; AAO found the 2009 bronze medal at the Asian Martial Arts Games met the awards criterion.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: AAO found judging met but membership, published material, original contributions and leading role not met.; pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7
claim: The appeal was dismissed because fewer than three criteria were established; final merits was not reached.; pages: 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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