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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision DEC132005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition not approvable. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC132005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition not approvable. Record did not establish sustained acclaim or any of ten regulatory criteria; work photographs and a statement about skills were insufficient.
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: EB-1A in-scope; merits denial.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC132005_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 13, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal; dismissed on merits for no qualifying evidence |
Procedural posture | Self-represented petitioner said beneficiary could work unsupervised and offered photographs; no documentation under any of ten criteria. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition not approvable. |
Final-merits status | Overall eligibility not established; no criterion was found met; pre-Kazarian decision. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Record did not establish sustained acclaim or any of ten regulatory criteria; work photographs and a statement about skills were insufficient.
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 reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover dated December 13, 2005 identifies EB-1A petition and self-represented petitioner.; pages: 1
claim: Petitioner sought to classify beneficiary as a stone/tile fabricator-installer; appeal offered assertion of ability to work unsupervised and photographs.; pages: 2
claim: AAO states no documentation relates to any of ten criteria and no sustained acclaim was shown; appeal dismissed.; pages: 3; 4
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Low comparative value; no individual criterion findings to aggregate.
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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