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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JUN182019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN182019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO withdrew the Director’s favorable leading/critical-role finding and found fewer than three criteria. The decision states it need not provide a formal final-merits analysis. (pp. 2–9).
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN182019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 18, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts; culinary chef and gastronomic consultant |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial and subsequent motion decision; AAO de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were established. AAO’s conclusion included an adverse aggregate-acclaim assessment. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed. AAO withdrew the Director’s favorable leading/critical-role finding and found fewer than three criteria. The decision states it need not provide a formal final-merits analysis. (pp. 2–9)
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 met |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Source-cited explainer can distinguish a cookbook from scholarly authorship and a prominent title from documented organizational impact.
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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