Direct answer: EB-1A Evidence Combinations: Translations, certifications, and document defects organizes source-reviewed AAO material around one research question and links readers to the underlying decision records.

This topic is a research lens across the source-reviewed corpus. Candidate keyword matches are discovery aids only; each linked record retains its own procedural stage and the exact issue decided. This page makes no claim that keyword matches are a validated cohort or a legal rule.

How the case examples were selected

The linked decisions are examples for topic discovery from the completed source-review matrix. They do not represent every matching record, prove a universal standard, or establish an approval probability. Open each source and compare the issue, evidence, date, and procedural stage.

Source-reviewed decision examples

• JUN262023_01B2203 — Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for new decision (p. 5).
  Excellent AEO/legal-procedure content for how AAO remands when the Director misreads EB-1A criteria; supports an explainer on plain-language review, translation evidence, and separate final-merits step. Not an approval or criterion-met precedent. Eligible for remand-focused case summary and narrowly scoped legal-process FAQ; outcome must be labeled remand, not approval.

• MAY082018_01B2203 — Motion denied
  Useful taekwondo comparison on awards and judging that do not by themselves establish eligibility; media translations, article aboutness, and organizational role need independent proof. Official decision PDF.

• MAY092006_02B2203 — dismissed
  Useful fashion-modeling comparison on contest awards, translated media coverage, judging, advisory-board membership, and role evidence. Official decision PDF.

• JAN062006_06B2203 — Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6).
  Can be compared with DEC162005_07B2203 only as separate cases in martial-arts/taekwondo teaching evidence; verify identity and avoid merging separate petitioners or outcomes. Publish as separate decision summary; do not aggregate into a single individual case.

• SEP282005_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6).
  Narrow comparison for historical performing-arts awards, association membership rules, and sustained-acclaim continuity; old 2005 record and China Peking Opera context must remain explicit. Publish as historically contextualized AAO decision summary; avoid presenting dated evidentiary practices as current policy without separate current-law verification.

• NOV162005_02B2203 — Appeal dismissed; petitioner did not establish three criteria or sustained acclaim. AAO also identifies lack of evidence of planned continued work in area of expertise.
  Potential older culinary-arts comparison for award recognition and exhibition evidence; present as a dated, redacted, nonprecedent case and preserve its exact culinary facts. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations

• FEB062015_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed
  Useful athlete-to-coach field-alignment comparison on competitive awards/team membership, publications about prior athletic performance, coaching evidence and continued-work plans; useful example of an issue abandoned on appeal. Official decision PDF.

• DEC212005_02B2203 — dismissed
  Narrow comparisons for visual artists only when the award, press, judging, authorship, display, and compensation evidence are comparable. Its 2005 legacy analysis should not be merged as if it applied modern Kazarian final merits. Official decision PDF.

• NOV252008_05B2203 — Appeal dismissed; prior denial affirmed
  Narrow comparison for performing arts evidence: award recognition, membership selectivity, actual judging work, and documented sales/receipts. Official decision PDF.

• MAY272020_13B2203 — Director decision withdrawn; Remanded for new decision.
  Useful procedural comparator for omitted claims, translation certification, meaningful review, music contributions evidence, and conditional final merits. Official decision PDF.

• JUN012015_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed
  Use only as a dated, fact-specific, nonprecedential example. Compare with decisions that align on field, specific criterion evidence, procedural posture, filing/adjudication period and whether a formal final-merits step was reached. Do not aggregate threshold-only outcomes with formal final-merits outcomes. Official decision PDF.

• DEC152006_02B2203 — dismissed
  Narrow painting comparison on award validation, certified translations, exhibit provenance, and financial evidence. Official decision PDF.

• DEC162005_07B2203 — Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6).
  Useful comparison about distinguishing competition records and awards from teaching/instruction field, and source discrepancies/translation evidence. Keep exact Taekwondo-teacher classification. Publish as a historical decision with explicit field-of-work and filing-date context.

• SEP222005_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed.
  Useful narrow comparator for evidentiary insufficiency in exhibition, award recognition, sales, and compensation claims; public copy is redacted. Eligible for source-grounded individual decision page only with explicit procedural posture, criterion-specific findings, final-merits status, and page citations; do not imply approval where AAO Remanded or confuse prior motion findings with current adjudication. Official decision PDF.

• MAY282019_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6).
  Useful case on foreign-language sports coverage, “about the person” requirements, and evidence of a soccer coach’s critical role/reputation. Potential individual case page with emphasis on criteria the AAO withdrew from the director’s decision.

• JAN102008_02B2203 — Appeal dismissed.
  Narrow martial-arts comparator for recognized competition awards versus membership requirements and translated media; case-specific and dated. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations

• OCT032005_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed; petition denied.
  Historical embroidery example for award translation, membership requirements, and authorship evidence; keep distinct from silk embroidery designer decision SEP282005_29. Official decision PDF.

• NOV212005_12B2203 — Appeal dismissed
  Useful visual-arts comparison for translation certification, individual versus company awards, distinction between exhibition activity and acclaim, and evidence of venue prestige. Official decision PDF.

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