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EB-1A awards — AAO decision DEC192005_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC192005_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. The petition did not establish three criteria or sustained national/international acclaim. Award evidence lacked proof of recognition/sustained stature; association membership and display at qualifying exhibitions were not established.
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. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC192005_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 19, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability petition / AAO decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial of EB-1A petition; legacy decision. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | considered_and_unfavorable_legacy_analysis |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petition did not establish three criteria or sustained national/international acclaim. Award evidence lacked proof of recognition/sustained stature; association membership and display at qualifying exhibitions were not established.
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 |
Membership | Not met |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
"Legacy decision with source exhibits omitted; OCR is imperfect but material findings are readable."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner sought extraordinary ability as a vegetable carver; claimed awards, association membership, and exhibition/display evidence.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found award recognition and later sustained awards unproven; association admission standards and qualifying exhibitions/showcases were not established.; pages: 3; 4
claim: AAO found sustained acclaim/top-of-field not shown; appeal dismissed.; pages: 4; 5
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: limited_historical_context_only
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Appeal posture, vegetable-carving field, legal criteria.
PDF page 5 — Continued-work/technical issue and order dismissing 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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