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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN062006_07B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish a major award or at least three criteria; appeal dismissed without final-merits review.
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: Complete identity-matched AAO decision concerning EB-1A eligibility or motion/appeal review of such eligibility.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN062006_07B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2006-01-06 |
Classification / field stated in source | ballet dancer from Kazakhstan; EB-1A petition |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of EB-1A petition. AAO reviews awards, published material, original contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, and commercial success; the required initial criteria are not established and final merits is not reached. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The petitioner did not establish a major award or at least three criteria; appeal dismissed without final-merits review. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish a major award or at least three criteria; appeal dismissed without final-merits review.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 4 |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 5 |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 6 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a ballet dancer from Kazakhstan who sought EB-1A classification.; pages: 2
claim: Awards and press evidence did not establish nationally or internationally recognized distinction or qualifying published material.; pages: 3; 4
claim: The evidence did not establish original contributions of major significance, qualifying artistic display, or a leading/critical role.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Commercial-success evidence was not established; fewer than three criteria were met and appeal dismissed.; pages: 6; 7; 8
How this record may be used in research
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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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