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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision DEC212005_20B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC212005_20B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_decision_or_related_motion. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC212005_20B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2005-12-02 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial of EB-1A petition.; citation_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial of EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'The decision considers awards, association membership, display, authorship and leading/critical role and finds the record does not establish the required criteria under the then-applicable framework.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]} |
Final-merits status | The threshold was not established; decision predates modern final-merits analysis. |
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 met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — 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 |
Source holds and limits
true
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': False, 'fit': 'Historical reference only after counsel review.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent, redacted, older analysis; no current-law analogy.'}
Page-level source trail
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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.
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