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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN262009_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN262009_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Awards, published material, contributions, artistic display and leading role were not established; O-1 approval did not control immigrant classification. (pp. 2–9).
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 | JUN262009_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 26, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts; pianist |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; petitioner cited earlier O-1 approval. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination; threshold criteria not established. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards, published material, contributions, artistic display and leading role were not established; O-1 approval did not control immigrant classification. (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 |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
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 | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Do not state O-1 approval controls the immigrant petition; AAO explicitly rejects that inference. (pp. 2–3)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Cited answer for performers on why live performances and prior O-1 approval do not automatically satisfy EB-1A criteria.
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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