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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JUN252021_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found the membership, published-material, judging, original-contribution, display, and scholarly-authorship evidence insufficient. Although it found one additional criterion (leading/critical role) met on appeal, the initial threshold was not met, so final merits was not reached.
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: Physical source is an AAO/SCOPS decision on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN252021_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 25, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent appeal from a Texas Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; AAO dismisses. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO expressly says it need not provide the final-merits determination because the initial evidentiary threshold was not met. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the membership, published-material, judging, original-contribution, display, and scholarly-authorship evidence insufficient. Although it found one additional criterion (leading/critical role) met on appeal, the initial threshold was not met, so final merits was not reached.
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 10 |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 11 |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a costume designer who seeks EB-1A classification based on work in sport and theatrical costume design.; evidence_pages: 1; 2
claim: The decision reviews membership, published material, judging, original contributions, display, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical-role evidence; the AAO found only the leading/critical-role criterion met on appeal.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 7; 9; 10; 11
claim: The AAO states that the petitioner did not satisfy the initial evidentiary threshold and therefore does not conduct final merits; it dismisses the appeal.; evidence_pages: 11
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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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