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EB-1A membership — AAO decision OCT282009_01B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal or affirmed the denial; the petition remained denied. (last page; see posture…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT282009_01B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal or affirmed the denial; the petition remained denied. (last page; see posture and outcome citations). The International Master title was not a one-time award under the regulation, and the record did not establish the required criteria or sustained acclaim. (pp. 2-4, 12-13).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT282009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 28, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A athletics petition by a chess player and coach; petitioner claimed an International Master title. (pp. 1-3) |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO dismissed. (pp. 1-2, 13) |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed the appeal or affirmed the denial; the petition remained denied. (last page; see posture and outcome citations) |
Final-merits status | Not reached as a distinct final-merits determination; petitioner did not establish the initial criteria. (pp. 12-13) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The International Master title was not a one-time award under the regulation, and the record did not establish the required criteria or sustained acclaim. (pp. 2-4, 12-13)
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 met — source PDF |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Historical privacy-redacted decision; verify current FIDE requirements separately before any present-day guidance.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Potential case page for title-versus-award search intent, with a clear caveat that FIDE title rules and source facts are specific to this 2009 record.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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