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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JUN252009_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN252009_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. The AAO found that awards, memberships, published material, original contributions and commercial success did not meet their criteria. It rejected comparable evidence because the petitioner did not establish that the regulatory criteria were inapplicable to the occupation. (pp. 3–9).
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 | JUN252009_11B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 25, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts/entertainment; Nepali film and television actor, singer and entertainer |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination because the initial three-criterion threshold was not met; AAO found no sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing. (p. 9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found that awards, memberships, published material, original contributions and commercial success did not meet their criteria. It rejected comparable evidence because the petitioner did not establish that the regulatory criteria were inapplicable to the occupation. (pp. 3–9)
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 coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Several media items lacked authors or titles, and later coverage postdated filing; do not frame it as qualifying contemporaneous coverage. (pp. 5–7)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A cited actor explainer can separate screen credits and positive letters from independently documented acclaim, qualifying media and receipts.
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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