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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN182024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO upheld only the artistic-display criterion; fewer than three criteria were established, so it reserved formal final merits and prospective-benefit issues and dismissed.
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 Form I-140 EB-1A decision; any case-specific field-of-endeavor limitation is captured in the verified facts and caveats.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN182024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 18, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO expressly reserved formal final merits because initial evidence did not meet one-time-award or three-criteria threshold; it nevertheless gave aggregate acclaim commentary. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO upheld only the artistic-display criterion; fewer than three criteria were established, so it reserved formal final merits and prospective-benefit issues and dismissed.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner described over 30 years in film and plans to continue filmmaking and provide training in the United States.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Film-festival awards were not substantiated as nationally/internationally recognized; membership evidence lacked proof of outstanding-achievement admission and had gaps in documentation.; pages: 2; 3; 4; 5
claim: Published-material submissions were illegible, incomplete translations, or lacked evidence of major-media status.; pages: 5; 6
claim: AAO withdrew the Director’s adverse finding on judging, but found certificates established invitations only and not actual participation; criterion not met.; pages: 6; 7
claim: Director’s artistic-display finding was left undisturbed; leading/critical role claims lacked specific duties, organizational impact, and corroboration.; pages: 6; 7
claim: The AAO found no one-time achievement or three criteria, reserved final merits and prospective benefit, and dismissed.; pages: 7; 8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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