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EB-1A membership — AAO decision APR022014_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision APR022014_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The school was not an association; published articles were not about petitioner; contribution and other claimed evidence did not establish the required criteria. No final-merits step was reached. (pp. 4–10).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR022014_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 2, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts; actor (performing arts) |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were established; AAO also stated it reviewed the record in the aggregate and found acclaim insufficient. (pp. 9–10) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed. The school was not an association; published articles were not about petitioner; contribution and other claimed evidence did not establish the required criteria. No final-merits step was reached. (pp. 4–10)
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | abandoned |
Source holds and limits
Multiple Dutch-language articles had translations AAO found noncompliant and therefore without probative value; avoid treating the source material as independently verified. (pp. 5–6)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Cited source explainer could distinguish acting-school admission from association membership and actor coverage from articles about a production; preserve 2014 posture and dated interpretation.
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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