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AAO EB-1A decision JUN012015_01B2203: Published material about the person

AAO EB-1A decision JUN012015_01B2203: Published material about the person

EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision JUN012015_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…

Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish evidence satisfying at least three criteria; translation and probative-value deficiencies affected the record.

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: The source is an AAO decision on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID

JUN012015_01B2203

Decision date as printed

June 1, 2015

Classification / field stated in source

EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140)

Procedural posture

AAO appeal of denial of EB-1A Form I-140; nonprecedent decision.

Operative disposition

Appeal dismissed

Final-merits status

The decision identifies final merits as a later step if the initial threshold were met; the threshold was not met.

What the AAO decision addressed

The petitioner did not establish evidence satisfying at least three criteria; translation and probative-value deficiencies affected the record.

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 considered — source PDF

Membership

Not considered — source PDF

Published material about the person

Not met — p. 5

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 considered — source PDF

Leading or critical role

Not met — p. 5, p. 6

High salary or remuneration

Not considered — source PDF

Commercial success in the performing arts

Not met — p. 7, p. 8, p. 9

Source-cited findings recorded in review

  • claim: The petitioner relied on published-material, leading/critical role and commercial-success evidence; foreign-language documents and translations formed a substantial part of the record.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8

  • claim: The AAO found the translations deficient, published material and leading/critical-role evidence insufficient, and commercial-success evidence insufficient; comparable evidence was not established.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9

  • claim: The AAO found the initial three-criterion requirement unmet and dismissed the appeal without a formal final-merits determination.; evidence_pages: 9; 10

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats

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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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for JUN012015_01B2203