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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB182022_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Only the artistic-display criterion was established; the initial three-criterion requirement was not met.
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: Source is an AAO decision involving an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB182022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 18, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal of Texas Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; nonprecedent decision. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO explicitly states the matter did not reach a final-merits determination; it nevertheless gives an aggregate observation about the record. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only the artistic-display criterion was established; the initial three-criterion requirement was not met.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 6 |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 6 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 7 |
Leading or critical role | |
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 petitioner is a producer and journalist and claimed awards, membership, published material, judging, artistic display and leading/critical role.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The AAO found the awards, membership, published-material, judging and leading/critical-role criteria unmet; it agreed the petitioner met the artistic-display criterion.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The decision says the initial threshold was not met and no formal final-merits determination was required; appeal dismissed.; evidence_pages: 3; 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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