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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision JAN262015_03B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition not approved (p. 17). Review source status…
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN262015_03B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition not approved (p. 17). AAO found threshold criteria were not met and discussed the aggregate record without conducting the formal Kazarian final-merits step; claims about book adoption, published reviews, discoveries, collaborations and role were not established (pp. 3-16).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN262015_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 26, 2015 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent EB-1A petition framed as “creativity as it relates to public policy” (pp. 2-3). |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed; decision says it would not make a material-misrepresentation finding (p. 2). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition not approved (p. 17). |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination required because the antecedent evidence threshold was not met; decision discusses the aggregate record and denies (pp. 16-17). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found threshold criteria were not met and discussed the aggregate record without conducting the formal Kazarian final-merits step; claims about book adoption, published reviews, discoveries, collaborations and role were not established (pp. 3-16).
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | unclear |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source-integrity hold. Nonprecedent; explicitly do not characterize as a misrepresentation finding.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Case-specific FAQ can explain that the AAO did not find misrepresentation, while finding the evidence insufficient for EB-1A criteria.
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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