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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL022024_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Director found only artistic display met among six claimed criteria. AAO found awards, published material, original contributions, and leading/critical role not met; it left the Director’s artistic-display finding in place. Commercial-success claim was reserved/not reached. AAO expressly reserved formal final merits after fewer than three criteria, while offering aggregate observations.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity and posture checked against opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL022024_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 2, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent appeal of EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO expressly reserved commercial success and formal final merits after finding fewer than three criteria; aggregate remarks do not change the express reservation. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director found only artistic display met among six claimed criteria. AAO found awards, published material, original contributions, and leading/critical role not met; it left the Director’s artistic-display finding in place. Commercial-success claim was reserved/not reached. AAO expressly reserved formal final merits after fewer than three criteria, while offering aggregate observations.
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 | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 2 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — p. 9 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The Director found artistic display met as one of six claimed categories; AAO reviewed the other five claims on appeal.; pages: 2
claim: AAO found awards, published material, original contributions, and leading/critical role insufficient; it reserved commercial success and formal final merits.; pages: 3; 9
claim: Appeal dismissed; aggregate comments did not support acclaim.; pages: 9; 10
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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