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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN092015_02B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed; petition denied The AAO’s operative order dismisses the appeal; the stated merits and procedural basis is summarized above with page citations.
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: The source is an AAO decision concerning an EB-1A Form I-140 petition and discusses eligibility for that classification.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN092015_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 9, 2015 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO nonprecedent decision on a Form I-140 petition for classification as an alien of extraordinary ability under INA § 203(b)(1)(A) (EB-1A). |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A petition for a self-represented printmaker; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition denied |
Final-merits status | The decision states that fewer than three criteria were met; although the conclusion remarks on acclaim, it expressly declines a final-merits explanation. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO’s operative order dismisses the appeal; the stated merits and procedural basis is summarized above with page citations.
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 | Not considered — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 12 |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 12 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 13 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — p. 13 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is identified as a printmaker and fine artist.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO finds the awards, published-material, original-contribution, and high-salary claims insufficient, but accepts artistic display and a leading/critical role.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 12; 13
claim: The appeal is dismissed because the record does not meet the threshold number of criteria.; evidence_pages: 14; 15
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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