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AAO EB-1A decision SEP262014_02B2203: Awards

EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP262014_02B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.

Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed; petition denied Operative order and disposition in the source decision.

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 AAO decision concerning an EB-1A Form I-140 petition under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID	SEP262014_02B2203
Decision date as printed	September 26, 2014
Classification / field stated in source	AAO decision concerning a Form I-140 petition for EB-1A classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A).
Procedural posture	Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A petition; the AAO discusses a failure to submit requested original evidence and certified translations.
Operative disposition	Appeal dismissed; petition denied
Final-merits status	Although the AAO stated the three-criterion threshold was not met, it proceeded to a final-merits assessment because the director had found three criteria met; it found the aggregate evidence insufficient.

What the AAO decision addressed

Operative order and disposition in the source decision.

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 — p. 6, p. 7, p. 8
Membership	Not met — p. 8, p. 9, p. 10
Published material about the person	Not met — p. 10, p. 11, p. 12
Judging the work of others	met — p. 12, p. 13
Original contributions of major significance	Not met — p. 13, p. 14, p. 15, p. 16
Scholarly authorship	Not met — p. 16
Artistic display or showcases	Not met — p. 16, p. 17
Leading or critical role	Not met — p. 17
High salary or remuneration	Not considered — source PDF
Commercial success in the performing arts	Not considered — source PDF

Source-cited findings recorded in review

claim: The AAO identified the petitioner as a traditional Chinese opera performer seeking classification in the arts and dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 2; 20
claim: The AAO found the judging criterion met, but found awards, membership, published material, original contributions, scholarly authorship, display, and leading role not established.; evidence_pages: 6; 8; 10; 12; 13; 16; 17
claim: The decision is marked nonprecedent and separately explains the requested originals/translations were not supplied, providing an evidentiary basis for denial.; evidence_pages: 1; 3

How this record may be used in research

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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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Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for SEP262014_02B2203