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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUL272005_03B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL272005_03B2203: dismissed. The AAO found the submitted awards, membership, published material, judging, artistic display, role, and commercial-success evidence did not establish the three-criterion threshold or sustained acclaim.
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 AAO decision or motion concerning EB-1A extraordinary ability.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL272005_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2005-07-27 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO EB-1A decision or motion proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal of denial of a Form I-140 EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO did not make a final-merits determination because the initial evidence threshold was not established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the submitted awards, membership, published material, judging, artistic display, role, and commercial-success evidence did not establish the three-criterion threshold or sustained acclaim.
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 met — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 6 |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 6 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 6 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 6 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner’s dance prizes were not shown to be nationally or internationally recognized awards; several certificates lacked objective selection/recognition evidence. (pp. 2–4); pages: 2; 4
claim: The petitioner did not establish qualifying association membership or published material about her in major media. (pp. 4–5); pages: 4; 5
claim: The judging evidence did not show qualifying judging; artistic-display and commercial-success evidence did not demonstrate the required individual recognition or attributable success. (pp. 5–6); pages: 5; 6
claim: The AAO found the record did not establish sustained acclaim at the top of the field and dismissed the appeal. (pp. 6–7); pages: 6; 7
How this record may be used in research
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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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