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EB-1A remand — AAO decision JUL082024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL082024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL082024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2024-07-08 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Nonprecedent appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial. The petitioner had worked as a stage actor for decades and submitted evidence about performances and articles on Chinese acting. The Director found he did not establish recognition placing him among the small percentage at the top of the field. AAO affirmed the final-merits denial, finding the evidence did not establish extensive recognition or that the petitioner had risen to the very top of the field; it did not reach the separately reserved intent-to-continue-work issue.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: Appeal dismissed_final_merits_sustained_acclaim_not_established; director_findings: Nonprecedent appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial. The petitioner had worked as a stage actor for decades and submitted evidence about performances and articles on Chinese acting. The Director found he did not establish recognition placing him among the small percentage at the top of the field. AAO affirmed the final-merits denial, finding the evidence did not establish extensive recognition or that the petitioner had risen to the very top of the field; it did not reach the separately reserved intent-to-continue-work issue. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed; petition denied.', 'basis': 'The petitioner did not demonstrate sustained recognition of achievements or that he was among the small percentage at the top of the field; AAO affirmed the final-merits determination.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | Not met |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — 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 | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'fit': 'stage_actor_final_merits_sustained_acclaim', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Useful source for a final-merits example focused on the totality and top-of-field standing; do not infer criterion failures not individually adjudicated.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural dismissal, rejection, or remand as approval or a completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer criterion outcomes beyond those expressly stated.', 'Do not treat explicitly nonprecedent decisions as binding authority.', 'Do not publish or compare the two identity-held records until the cover/body classification discrepancy is reconciled.'], 'caveat': 'Use only source-specific claims with citations and distinguish current holdings from prior decisions; identity-held records must not be used for publication or aggregation.'}
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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