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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision FEB192008_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB192008_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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: in_scope_eb1a_decision_or_related_proceeding. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB192008_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2008-02-19 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of EB-1A petition.; citation_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; classification: Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of EB-1A petition. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'The AAO discussed judging of musical works, commercial success, published material, and other claimed evidence. It found the petitioner did not establish the required initial criteria or sustained recognition; the appeal was dismissed.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]} |
Final-merits status | The source does not establish at least three criteria; no final-merits determination is made. |
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 | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Narrow performing-arts comparison on evidence of judging and commercial success, with source-specific limits.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent and partially redacted; avoid assumptions about specific performance evidence not resolved by the source.'}
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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