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EB-1A awards — AAO decision DEC042013_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found the petitioner abandoned certain claims and rejected the remaining evidence concerning original contributions, artistic display, and commercial success. The appeal did not establish eligibility.
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: The source decision identifies 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 | DEC042013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2013-12-04 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability under INA §203(b)(1)(A) |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from revocation of an approved EB-1A immigrant petition; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision does not reach a separate final-merits stage; it resolves the appeal on the evidentiary criteria and abandonment of claims. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the petitioner abandoned certain claims and rejected the remaining evidence concerning original contributions, artistic display, and commercial success. The appeal did not establish eligibility.
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 | |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 5 |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 6 |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 7 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The case is an appeal from revocation of an approved EB-1A petition for a folk musician.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The petitioner did not pursue the published-material and awards claims on appeal; the AAO treated those claims as abandoned.; pages: 3; 4
claim: The record did not establish original contributions of major significance or qualifying artistic display; performances alone did not satisfy the display criterion as applied in the decision.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Commercial-success evidence was insufficiently substantiated to establish the criterion.; pages: 7
claim: The order dismisses the appeal from revocation.; pages: 8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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