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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision JAN252018_04B2203: Sustained; approved. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN252018_04B2203: Sustained; approved. AAO found the record met the applicable criteria and established sustained national or international acclaim and top-of-field standing; it sustained the appeal.
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_AAO_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN252018_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 25, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | Appeal sustained; petition approved |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; record included awards, published material, judging, artistic display, and other evidence. |
Operative disposition | Sustained; approved |
Final-merits status | Favorable; AAO found sustained acclaim/top-of-field eligibility and approved the petition. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the record met the applicable criteria and established sustained national or international acclaim and top-of-field standing; it sustained the appeal.
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 | met — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | met |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover and opening pages identify the composer/performer petition and appellate posture.; pages: 1
claim: AAO evaluates award, published-material, judging, and artistic evidence.; pages: 2
claim: AAO discusses role/comparable evidence and final-merits acclaim.; pages: 3
claim: AAO sustains appeal and approves petition.; pages: 4
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: eligible_for_narrow_fact_grounded_content: True; must_preserve_procedural_posture: True; recommended_use: Strong specialized performing-arts decision, but present as a single 2018 fact pattern, preserving its evidence-specific reasoning and statutory framework.
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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