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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP032019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP032019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 6). Only the awards criterion was established. Membership, qualifying press, judging and original contributions were not established. AAO found fewer than three criteria, did not conduct a separate final-merits determination, and stated that aggregate evidence did not establish acclaim (pp. 2–6).
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: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP032019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 3, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | Competitive weightlifter, athletics; decision anonymizes identity and other details. |
Procedural posture | De novo appeal after the Director found awards and membership; AAO affirmed awards, withdrew membership, and reviewed additional claims. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 6). |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were met; AAO nevertheless reviewed the record in the aggregate and found no sustained acclaim/top-of-field showing (p. 6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only the awards criterion was established. Membership, qualifying press, judging and original contributions were not established. AAO found fewer than three criteria, did not conduct a separate final-merits determination, and stated that aggregate evidence did not establish acclaim (pp. 2–6).
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 | met |
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 coded — source PDF |
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-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 2–6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow athletics comparison for referee versus judge functions, objective proof of association admission criteria, and national-media circulation evidence. The award finding is specific to this record. Individual source-linked summary; narrow weightlifting-evidence comparison only.
Editorial use note: Individual source-linked summary; narrow weightlifting-evidence comparison only.
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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