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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JAN192006_02B2203: The appeal was dismissed; petition remained denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN192006_02B2203: The appeal was dismissed; petition remained denied. The petitioner established the leading/critical-role criterion, but not the required three criteria; evidence of acclaim and field standing remained insufficient (pp. 12-15).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN192006_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 19, 2006 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A arts petition for an orchestrator/composer working in film and television (pp. 2, 10-13). |
Procedural posture | California Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 15). |
Operative disposition | The appeal was dismissed; petition remained denied. |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were met; AAO concluded the evidence did not show sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing (p. 15). |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner established the leading/critical-role criterion, but not the required three criteria; evidence of acclaim and field standing remained insufficient (pp. 12-15).
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 — source PDF |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not met |
Source holds and limits
No source hold. The criterion’s role finding is case-specific; avoid implying that any orchestration role qualifies.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A cited summary can distinguish technical/production roles from evidence of individual acclaim and measurable commercial success (pp. 9-15).
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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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