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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision DEC152014_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC152014_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO finds published-material, original-contributions, and leading/critical-role evidence insufficient, but accepts the display criterion. It concludes the initial threshold of three criteria was not met and expressly does not reach final merits.
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: Physical source is an AAO decision on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC152014_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 15, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from a Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed because the initial criteria threshold was not met. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO states that the petitioner failed to satisfy the antecedent requirement of three criteria; final merits is therefore not reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO finds published-material, original-contributions, and leading/critical-role evidence insufficient, but accepts the display criterion. It concludes the initial threshold of three criteria was not met and expressly does not reach final merits.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 9 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner seeks EB-1A classification as an abstract landscape painter and submits art, publication, contribution, display, and role evidence.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 4; 5; 6; 9; 10
claim: The AAO accepts display of work but rejects published-material, contributions, and leading-role showings.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11
claim: The AAO says the antecedent three-criteria threshold is unmet and dismisses without final-merits review.; evidence_pages: 12
How this record may be used in research
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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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