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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision JUN052009_08B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.). Review…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN052009_08B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.). The AAO found the evidence did not establish at least three categories. It rejected awards, published material, judging, contributions, display, leading/critical role, salary, and commercial success. (pp. 3–11).
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 | JUN052009_08B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 5, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A arts petition for a female ballet/dance performer. (p. 2) |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 11) |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.) |
Final-merits status | The decision discusses the evidence under the claimed criteria and dismisses; no separate final-merits determination is identified in the inspected disposition pages. (pp. 11–12) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the evidence did not establish at least three categories. It rejected awards, published material, judging, contributions, display, leading/critical role, salary, and commercial success. (pp. 3–11)
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
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 met |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Nonprecedent; dance-specific interpretation of display/performance must not be presented as a universal rule.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Individual source summary with a clear distinction between routine professional performance and evidence of field-level acclaim; cite each conclusion to the original PDF.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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