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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB242020_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB242020_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO found only one of the ten initial criteria satisfied (artistic display); the record did not establish the required initial evidence or acclaim. (pp. 2–10).
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_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB242020_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 24, 2020 |
Classification / field stated in source | Non-precedent EB-1A petition by a ballet dancer and master teacher; petition sought recognition in the performing arts. (pp. 1–2) |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO dismissed. (pp. 1, 11) |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate Kazarian final-merits determination was reached; the petitioner did not meet the three-criterion threshold. The AAO also concluded the record did not show acclaim or top-of-field standing. (pp. 2, 11) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found only one of the ten initial criteria satisfied (artistic display); the record did not establish the required initial evidence or acclaim. (pp. 2–10)
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source identity or completeness hold. Do not generalize its display finding to every performing artist; distinguish the criterion-stage display finding from overall EB-1A eligibility.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: If editorially cleared, prepare a source-linked decision summary that names the procedural posture, distinguishes criterion-stage findings from final merits, and cites the PDF pages. Narrow comparison candidate for performing-artist display criterion versus commercial success and evidence of field acclaim; non-precedent, redacted, and tied to a particular ballet career and record.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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