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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision DEC192017_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC192017_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC192017_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2017-12-19 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO dismissed the appeal.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO dismissed the appeal.; director_findings: As distinguished in source-specific disposition and basis. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'AAO accepted the display-of-work criterion (vii) finding but found the record did not establish a qualifying one-time achievement or three initial criteria. The decision discusses awards and published material concerning the petitioner’s work, and evidence of display, but the initial threshold remained unmet.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | AAO accepted the display-of-work criterion (vii) finding but found the record did not establish a qualifying one-time achievement or three initial criteria. The decision discusses awards and published material concerning the petitioner’s work, and evidence of display, but the initial threshold remained unmet. |
What the AAO decision addressed
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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 considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Narrow comparison for video producers/directors and the distinction between display of one’s work and evidence of personal acclaim or qualifying awards.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent and fact-specific. Meeting the display criterion did not establish eligibility; the final-merits step was not reached.'}
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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