AAO Decisions — Page 22
Browse source-linked AAO extraordinary ability decisions and read the original USCIS documents. Archive page 22 of 125.
EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG262005_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision AUG262005_06B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
The AAO withdrew both favorable criteria findings and identified separate gaps in award recognition, outlet evidence, role timing, pay comparisons, and sales.
The AAO dismissed a video editor’s EB-1A appeal.
The AAO rejected awards, memberships, local-media, judging, contribution, and salary evidence; the record did not show sustained acclaim.
The AAO withdrew the director’s favorable judging finding and found the submitted evidence did not meet three criteria; appeal dismissed.
The AAO accepted the artistic-display criterion, but found no qualifying original contribution or commercial-success evidence.
The AAO dismissed the appeal in this non-precedent chess case.
Read AUG262016_01B2203: accepted role, commercial success, and artistic display evidence, followed by dismissal at final merits.
EB-1A membership — AAO decision AUG262016_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
EB-1A outcome — AAO decision AUG262016_03B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Media coverage, artistic display, and high salary met the threshold; the AAO separately credited sustained international acclaim and sustained the appeal.
EB-1A final merits — AAO decision AUG262020_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision AUG262021_01B2203: Appeal sustained; EB-1A classification established. Review source status…
EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG262022_01B2203: A tattoo artist's appeal was dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
High remuneration was accepted; generic committee duties did not prove actual judging. The AAO reserved leading role and dismissed the medical director petition’s appeal.
Judging and scholarly authorship were accepted; an outlet’s promotional audience claim and unsupported impact assertions did not establish a third category.
EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision AUG262025_01B2203: Disposition not normalized in the review record; consult the official decision PDF. Review…
Awards and role were accepted, but market-commentary interviews and comparisons ignoring the manager’s multiple roles did not establish the third category.
Judging and authorship were accepted, but the AAO found major significance unproven despite research reliance, citation rankings, and media attention.
Read the corrected decision for AUG262025_04B2203, with the original disposition, attributed source passages, and links to the USCIS decision.
EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision AUG262025_05B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
The AAO withdrew a pianist’s denial for legal and evidentiary errors and required an explained new decision, without finding the petition approved.
EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG272008_01B2203: A competitive swimmer's approved petition was revoked; the revocation was affirmed. Review source status…
EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision AUG272010_04B2203: The appeal is dismissed based on its withdrawal by the petitioner. Review source status…
In this non-precedent decision, the AAO dismissed an appeal after finding the claimed film-festival award was not documented as a major, internationally recognized achievement.
Media, curated display, and a documented critical role supported three categories and favorable final merits for a graphic and fashion designer.
EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG272019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
The AAO withdrew the director’s favorable leading-role and high-salary findings and found no criteria met.
The AAO denied both motions after an omitted judicial-proceedings statement, an essentially repeated appeal brief, and no supported new facts.
EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision AUG272020_02B2203: Service Center decision withdrawn; matter remanded for a new decision. Review source…
A court found four initial categories met. On remand, the AAO credited publications, research impact, coverage, and investment at final merits.
EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision AUG272024_01B2203: Director decision withdrawn; matter remanded for a new decision consistent…
EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG272024_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Judging in an allied field and comparative salary evidence supplied two additional categories. The AAO remanded the business strategist petition for final merits.
Read AUG272024_04B2203, its procedural history, the AAO’s actual disposition, and page-linked corrections to the earlier summary.
The AAO rejected the documented mentoring claim as judging, treated commercial success as waived, reserved salary and role issues, and dismissed the appeal.
EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision AUG272025_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
The AAO found awards, memberships, media, judging, authorship, and role evidence insufficient and expressly reserved final merits.
EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG272025_03B2203: Appeal dismissed; prior denial affirmed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.