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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT252023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT252023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. High salary: not met (pp. 2–3). Judging and scholarly articles: identified by the Director as established (p. 1). Remaining criteria waived/not considered on appeal; threshold of three not met; final merits not reached.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT252023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 25, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability in business; petitioner is a chief executive in small-business development. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial. The Director found judging and scholarly authorship sufficient for two criteria and found the remaining eight, including high salary, not established. On appeal, AAO agreed the salary evidence was insufficient: reported monthly income was inconsistent, comparative information concerned development directors without showing comparable positions, and bonus evidence lacked objective comparison. The appeal did not challenge other findings with specific arguments, which AAO treated as waived. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
High salary: not met (pp. 2–3). Judging and scholarly articles: identified by the Director as established (p. 1). Remaining criteria waived/not considered on appeal; threshold of three not met; final merits 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 | waived — source PDF |
Membership | waived — source PDF |
Published material about the person | waived — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | waived — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | waived — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | waived — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | waived — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
High salary: not met (pp. 2–3). Judging and scholarly articles: identified by the Director as established (p. 1). Remaining criteria waived/not considered on appeal; threshold of three not met; final merits not reached.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: The AAO found the pay comparison inadequate on this record; preserve waived status of other criteria.
Editorial use note: Eligible for carefully scoped, citation-rich content; preserve exact nonprecedent status and procedural posture.
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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