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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP202005_06B2203: Appeal sustained; petition approved. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal sustained; petition approved The AAO finds the petitioner eligible for extraordinary ability and sustains the appeal; the order withdraws the director’s decision and approves the petition.
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 is an EB-1A decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP202005_06B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 20, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability Form I-140 |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; appeal sustained and petition approved. |
Operative disposition | Appeal sustained; petition approved |
Final-merits status | Page 12 finds eligibility based on evidence in the aggregate and orders the petition approved. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO finds the petitioner eligible for extraordinary ability and sustains the appeal; the order withdraws the director’s decision and approves the petition.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is described as a South African aromatherapist and reflexologist with executive positions at ASOSA and TSARS.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: AAO reviews the evidence on awards, membership, publications, contributions, judging and leading/critical role.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11
claim: AAO finds the petitioner eligible based on recognized professional membership, judging, and leading/critical roles; director’s decision withdrawn and petition approved.; evidence_pages: 11; 12
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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