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EB-1A awards — AAO decision DEC132005_12B2203: Appeal dismissed; eligibility not established. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC132005_12B2203: Appeal dismissed; eligibility not established. No criterion met: AAO states the record contains no documentation related to any listed criterion (pp. 3–4). Sustained acclaim/top-of-field requirement also not established (p. 4); final merits not met.
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: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC132005_12B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 13, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability in business; beneficiary is a tile and stone business fabricator/installer. |
Procedural posture | The Director denied for lack of evidence of sustained acclaim. On appeal, petitioner offered only a statement about ability to work unsupervised and a blank pay stub. AAO found no documentation related to any regulatory criterion and no record that the beneficiary had achieved acclaim or reached the top of the field. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; eligibility not established. |
Final-merits status | not met |
What the AAO decision addressed
No criterion met: AAO states the record contains no documentation related to any listed criterion (pp. 3–4). Sustained acclaim/top-of-field requirement also not established (p. 4); final merits not met.
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 met — source PDF |
Membership | not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | not met — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not met — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
No criterion met: AAO states the record contains no documentation related to any listed criterion (pp. 3–4). Sustained acclaim/top-of-field requirement also not established (p. 4); final merits not met.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Near-duplicate reasoning and same date as DEC132005_11B2203, but separate file number; retain as separate record pending identity reconciliation.
Editorial use note: Eligible for carefully scoped, citation-rich content; identify exact procedural posture and nonprecedent status.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 3 — Lists criteria and finds no evidence relates to any criterion or acclaim.
PDF page 4 — Concludes eligibility not established and dismisses appeal.
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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