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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB112015_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO found published material and judging met, rejected awards and artistic display, then conducted an unfavorable final-merits determination; appeal dismissed.
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: The source is an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB112015_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2015-02-11 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A Form I-140. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO expressly labels and performs a Final Merits Determination after finding two criteria met, and concludes the record does not demonstrate sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found published material and judging met, rejected awards and artistic display, then conducted an unfavorable final-merits determination; appeal dismissed.
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 | |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petition concerns a singer/performer; AAO states the director found three criteria initially, but its own review identifies two satisfied criteria.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 7
claim: AAO rejected the weekly amateur award and artistic-display claim; it found major-media published material and judging of performers for the petitioner’s employer met the plain-language criteria.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7
claim: AAO expressly performed final-merits review, found the aggregate evidence insufficient for sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing, and dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 7; 8; 9
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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