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EB-1A remand — AAO decision FEB282017_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB282017_01B2203: 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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB282017_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2017-02-28 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed after final-merits review; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed after final-merits review; director_findings: See decision-specific basis; AAO findings distinguished from Director findings. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'Director found published material and an award criterion; AAO also found evidence of display of work met the plain-language criterion, but concluded films, media coverage, and award evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | AAO found criteria met but final merits did not establish eligibility. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 | met — source PDF |
Membership | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Published material about the person | met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Narrow comparison for actors in Nepalese film, including how criterion-level evidence can still fail final merits; avoid treating film activity as equivalent to acclaim.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent, fact-specific decision; remands and procedural motions are not approvals. Exclude motion decisions from substantive merits aggregation. Older decisions require legal-temporal context.'}
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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