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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB042013_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB042013_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Claims included awards, association membership, artistic display, and leading/critical role; AAO found no qualifying evidence establishing at least three criteria. It also found the record did not clearly establish continuing work in the field. (pp. 4–12).
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Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB042013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 4, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO appeal concerning a competitive dancer and dance teacher in Dance Sport. The petitioner also sought to continue work in the field in the United States. (pp. 2–3, 10) |
Procedural posture | AAO dismissed the Texas Service Center appeal, withdrawing the Director’s positive finding on one award criterion; it found the threshold unmet and separately discussed continue-work evidence. (pp. 4–9, 10–12) |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate Kazarian final-merits determination after failing the initial threshold. (pp. 11–12) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Claims included awards, association membership, artistic display, and leading/critical role; AAO found no qualifying evidence establishing at least three criteria. It also found the record did not clearly establish continuing work in the field. (pp. 4–12)
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 met |
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
Hold as dated legal analysis; decision predates current guidance and is non-precedent. Confirm any legal discussion against current binding sources before external explanatory use.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: If cleared for publication, create a decision-specific, page-cited summary that states the field and procedural posture, distinguishes criteria met/not met/not reached, links the USCIS source PDF, preserves redactions, and clearly labels the decision non-precedent. Potential comparison: Narrow comparison for Dance Sport, including award recognition, federation membership, artistic-display interpretation, organizational role, and continued-work evidence. Historical 2013 non-precedent reasoning must not be presented as current binding policy.
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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