AAO research

AAO EB-1A decision AUG252020_03B2203

Award evidence must name the beneficiary as the recipient; salary comparisons must be based on reliable, comparable data; published material must focus on the alien’s contributions; and original contributions must be shown to have wide impact. Direct documentation that the beneficiary personally rec

Decision Snapshot

Field Value --- --- Decision ID AUG252020_03B2203 Decision date 2020-08-25 Outcome dismissed Field or occupation Not stated in the extracted decision plan. Final merits discussed No / not stated

Criteria Discussed

  • artistic_display

  • awards

  • high_salary

  • leading_critical_role

  • original_contributions

  • published_material

Criteria Accepted

  • leading_critical_role

Criteria Rejected

  • artistic_display

  • awards

  • high_salary

  • original_contributions

  • published_material

Core Lesson

Award evidence must name the beneficiary as the recipient; salary comparisons must be based on reliable, comparable data; published material must focus on the alien’s contributions; and original contributions must be shown to have wide impact.

Evidence Issue

  • Direct documentation that the beneficiary personally received the award

  • Proper, comparable salary data and methodology

  • Published material that highlights the beneficiary’s own achievements rather than just the project

  • Evidence of broad implementation or influence of the beneficiary’s original contributions

  • Specific, new arguments addressing the artistic display criterion

How This Connects

This decision is part of Extraordinary's AAO EB-1A corpus. It is exposed as a structured decision card so readers, search engines, and AI search systems can connect the decision to broader EB-1A evidence patterns.

Source Note

Non-precedent AAO decisions are used as evidence examples. They are not binding authority and do not predict any individual case.