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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JUL112018_02B2203: Motion to reopen denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL112018_02B2203: Motion to reopen denied. The motion evidence does not establish membership satisfying the regulation, original contributions of major significance, display of work, or a qualifying leading/critical role; threshold remains unmet, so no formal final-merits review.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL112018_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 11, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; curator/historian of expressive realism |
Procedural posture | Motion to reopen following prior dismissal; AAO addresses newly submitted evidence. |
Operative disposition | Motion to reopen denied. |
Final-merits status | "not met" |
What the AAO decision addressed
The motion evidence does not establish membership satisfying the regulation, original contributions of major significance, display of work, or a qualifying leading/critical role; threshold remains unmet, so no formal final-merits review.
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
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 | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–5; individual criteria cite pinpoint pages.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Procedural motion example about association bylaws, evidence of art-world recognition, and distinction between intended exhibitions and demonstrated display. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
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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