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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JUN122017_01B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN122017_01B2203: dismissed. The AAO found the record did not establish membership, published material, judging, original contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, high salary, or commercial success. It withdrew the Director’s favorable published-material finding.
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 a complete AAO EB-1A decision or motion involving an EB-1A proceeding.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN122017_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2017-06-12 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A decision or motion proceeding |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal proceeding after denial of an EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO did not make a final-merits determination because the initial criterion threshold was not established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the record did not establish membership, published material, judging, original contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, high salary, or commercial success. It withdrew the Director’s favorable published-material finding.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 4 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 4 |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 5 |
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 was a comic actor; the Director had found membership and published material, but the AAO disagreed with the published-material finding. (pp. 1–3); pages: 1; 3
claim: The evidence did not show qualifying published material about the petitioner in major media; membership, judging, and original contributions also failed. (pp. 2–4); pages: 2; 4
claim: Artistic display, leading/critical role, high salary, and commercial success were not established under the record-specific criteria. (pp. 4–6); pages: 4; 6
claim: The petitioner did not meet the threshold; appeal dismissed without final-merits review. (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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