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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP052018_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP052018_02B2203: dismissed. The motion did not establish that the prior decision misapplied law or policy. The AAO rejected claims under awards, membership, published material, original contributions, salary, and performing-arts commercial-success criteria. Student awards were not attributable to the petitioner without evidence of her causal contribution; reported publicity was not about her or proven major media. Earlier threshold review found fewer than three criteria; no formal final-merits determination.
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: Source caption and analyzed filing identify an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition or appeal/motion.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP052018_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Sept. 5, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A motion to reconsider an earlier AAO appeal decision |
Procedural posture | Motion to reconsider dismissed; underlying appeal had been dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The underlying appeal failed the initial three-criterion threshold; the motion decision did not conduct final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The motion did not establish that the prior decision misapplied law or policy. The AAO rejected claims under awards, membership, published material, original contributions, salary, and performing-arts commercial-success criteria. Student awards were not attributable to the petitioner without evidence of her causal contribution; reported publicity was not about her or proven major media. Earlier threshold review found fewer than three criteria; no formal final-merits determination.
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 | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 2 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 6 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 6 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The decision is a motion to reconsider; the earlier appeal found two criteria and did not reach final merits.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The motion did not show that student awards could be attributed to the coach; letters lacked specific causal detail, award corroboration, and evidence of field-wide impact.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Articles were not about the petitioner and major-media status was not established; new media/circulation evidence was not considered on reconsideration.; pages: 3; 4
claim: The AAO rejected the motion arguments on awards, membership, contributions, salary, and commercial success and denied reconsideration.; pages: 2; 3; 5; 6
How this record may be used in research
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Page-level source trail
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PDF page 1 — Caption/date/classification/field and posture visually checked.
PDF page 6 — Conclusion and operative disposition visually checked; findings are cited above.
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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