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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP272006_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP272006_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Awards criterion met based on Sambo championship medals, but qualifying media, judging, original contributions and artistic-display criteria were not established; thus fewer than three. AAO also found no evidence she would support herself primarily as a professional athlete or continue as an athlete rather than coach (pp. 3–6).
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 | SEP272006_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 27, 2006 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal in athletics; female Sambo competitor, also identified as professional wrestler; redacted identity. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial; AAO reviewed criterion evidence and separate intent-to-continue-work issue. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). |
Final-merits status | Not reached as a separate final-merits step; AAO concluded fewer than three criteria and also separately found continuing-work/primary-athlete employment evidence inadequate (pp. 5–6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards criterion met based on Sambo championship medals, but qualifying media, judging, original contributions and artistic-display criteria were not established; thus fewer than three. AAO also found no evidence she would support herself primarily as a professional athlete or continue as an athlete rather than coach (pp. 3–6).
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 coded — source PDF |
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 met |
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
Citations refer to physical PDF page numbers. Every page was visually inspected in source order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful athlete example distinguishing an accepted award record from judging, original contributions and exhibition criteria; also addresses proposed transition from athlete to coach. Potential individual historical case page with the date and nonprecedent status prominent.
Editorial use note: Potential individual historical case page with the date and nonprecedent status prominent.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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