AAO research
EB-1A awards — AAO decision DEC192022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC192022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The petitioner asserted awards, membership, press, judging, contributions, authorship, exhibitions and role. The AAO credited artistic exhibition/display evidence but found fewer than three criteria. (pp. 2–9).
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_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC192022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 19, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts/craft; embroiderer |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | AAO said it need not provide a Kazarian-type final merits determination after finding fewer than three criteria; it separately noted the aggregate record was insufficient. (pp. 9–10) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner asserted awards, membership, press, judging, contributions, authorship, exhibitions and role. The AAO credited artistic exhibition/display evidence but found fewer than three criteria. (pp. 2–9)
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 met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
One criterion (display) was met but the appeal was dismissed; do not imply the petitioner was approved. (pp. 8–10)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A cited craft-artist answer can clarify that exhibition display may meet one criterion while other criteria and overall eligibility remain separate.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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.
Related corpus research
Full-corpus research index
Awards research
Membership research
Published material about the person research
Judging the work of others research
Original contributions of major significance research
Scholarly authorship research
Leading or critical role research
Performance sector research
Browse the AAO decision index · Read EB-1A evidence guides · Review source and correction methodology.