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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision JUL242015_01B2203: The appeal is sustained and the petition is approved. Review source status, procedural posture…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL242015_01B2203: The appeal is sustained and the petition is approved. 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 | JUL242015_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2015-07-24 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition; AAO sustains appeal.; citation_pages: 4; 5; 6; classification: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140 EB-1A petition; AAO sustains appeal.; director_findings: As described in the reviewed decision; no unreported earlier findings are inferred. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'The appeal is sustained and the petition is approved.', 'basis': 'AAO finds criteria met for awards, published material, and leading/critical role in the field. It then evaluates final merits and concludes the total evidence establishes acclaim and extraordinary ability.', 'citation_pages': [6, 4, 5, 6]} |
Final-merits status | AAO finds initial criteria established and, on totality of evidence, sustained acclaim and extraordinary ability. |
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 | met — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Narrow successful comparison for skilled-trade innovators/entrepreneurs where awards, media recognition, and leadership are supported by evidence of field influence and commercial/industry uptake.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent, fact-specific decision with redactions; avoid suggesting a field-specific shortcut.'}
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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