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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL132012_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL132012_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO found the evidence insufficient across the discussed criteria and found no eligibility or acclaim. The decision’s printed date conflicts with the assigned source ID. (pp. 5–13).
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 | JUL132012_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 21, 2011 (date printed on PDF cover; conflicts with July 13, 2012 in the decision ID and source directory) |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal concerning a petitioner described in the decision as a talent agent/general manager; the precise claimed field is partially redacted. (pp. 1, 5) |
Procedural posture | Appeal dismissed. (pp. 1, 13) |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | The AAO discusses the evidence in the aggregate and concludes the petitioner did not establish acclaim, top-of-field standing, or eligibility. (pp. 11–13) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the evidence insufficient across the discussed criteria and found no eligibility or acclaim. The decision’s printed date conflicts with the assigned source ID. (pp. 5–13)
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
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 met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
HOLD: first-page date reads December 21, 2011, but assigned decision ID and source folder identify July 13, 2012. Confirm canonical identity/date against USCIS source before publication or aggregation. PDF completeness/hash can still be verified independently.
How this record may be used in research
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Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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