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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN262009_02B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 7). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN262009_02B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 7). Only commercial success in performing arts was treated as met, assuming the claimed 2002 album sales of “up to” 250,000 and radio play; the publisher letter lacked corroboration. Awards were appreciation certificates, membership lacked admission rules, media evidence lacked major-media/audience proof or complete translations, and performing at events did not establish a leading/critical role for distinguished organizations (physical pp. 3–7).
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: in_scope_appeal_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN262009_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 26, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; singer and recording artist in the performing arts. |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from Texas Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (physical p. 7). |
Final-merits status | Final aggregate merits review performed; AAO concludes the evidence does not place the singer/recording artist at the top of the field or show sustained acclaim (physical p. 7). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Only commercial success in performing arts was treated as met, assuming the claimed 2002 album sales of “up to” 250,000 and radio play; the publisher letter lacked corroboration. Awards were appreciation certificates, membership lacked admission rules, media evidence lacked major-media/audience proof or complete translations, and performing at events did not establish a leading/critical role for distinguished organizations (physical pp. 3–7).
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 |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — 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 | met |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Citations use physical PDF page numbers; printed page number noted in page-by-page record where legible.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Potential comparison within performing-arts commercial success and media-reach cases; keep singer/recording artist and cultural-event context explicit. Do not generalize the assumed sales figure as an independently verified fact. Publish with caveat that commercial-success criterion was assumed in petitioner’s favor based on the record, not independently audited sales.
Editorial use note: Publish with caveat that commercial-success criterion was assumed in petitioner’s favor based on the record, not independently audited sales.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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