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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN232005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish the required criteria or sustained acclaim in the claimed field of somatic movement therapy.
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: Source identifies an AAO appeal concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN232005_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 23, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from California Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; public-copy nonprecedent decision. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | No separate formal final-merits analysis; decision concludes the evidentiary criteria and acclaim were not established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish the required criteria or sustained acclaim in the claimed field of somatic movement therapy.
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 | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 6 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner sought classification as an extraordinary-ability registered somatic movement therapist, not as a dancer; the AAO treated dance recognition evidence as not relevant to the claimed field.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The AAO found awards, association membership, published material, judging, original contributions, artistic display, and leading/critical role not established; it found the petitioner was not a licensed physical therapist and rejected the claimed science framing.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: The appeal was dismissed because the record did not show sustained acclaim or the required criteria.; evidence_pages: 9
How this record may be used in research
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How to use this record
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