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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN192006_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The appeal did not establish the required number of qualifying criteria; the evidence of commercial success could not be attributed to the petitioner merely because the productions succeeded.
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 EB-1A Form I-140 decision; the MAY142014 decision is moot and should not be treated as an adjudicated substantive outcome.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN192006_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 19, 2006 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability Form I-140 |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from California Service Center denial of EB-1A Form I-140; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The threshold for three criteria was not met; no independent final-merits determination is identified. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The appeal did not establish the required number of qualifying criteria; the evidence of commercial success could not be attributed to the petitioner merely because the productions succeeded.
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. 4 |
Membership | Not met — p. 6 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 7 |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 8 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 12 |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner sought EB-1A classification in the arts based on music and orchestration work.; evidence_pages: 2; 3
claim: The AAO discussed published material, judging, original contributions, leading/critical role, and commercial success, including soundtrack/video-game credits and orchestration roles.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14
claim: AAO found the asserted work did not establish the required three categories; a leading/critical-role claim was credited in part, but the appeal was dismissed.; evidence_pages: 12; 14
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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