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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision JUN282007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 8). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN282007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 8). AAO evaluated the filed acting claim and declined to consider a new athletics claim; it found the addressed criteria unsupported and held that earlier martial-arts achievements did not establish extraordinary ability as an actor or instructor (pp. 3–8).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN282007_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 28, 2007 (p. 1; date stamp visually legible). |
Classification / field stated in source | Actor in the arts; the record also discusses earlier Tae Kwon Do achievements and an appellate attempt to recast the claimed field as athletics/instructor. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from California Service Center denial; appeal adjudicated on counsel’s statements and existing record after no response to AAO correspondence (pp. 2–3). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 8). |
Final-merits status | Legacy aggregate assessment found no eligibility; no separate Kazarian final-merits step is identified (pp. 7–8). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO evaluated the filed acting claim and declined to consider a new athletics claim; it found the addressed criteria unsupported and held that earlier martial-arts achievements did not establish extraordinary ability as an actor or instructor (pp. 3–8).
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 — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — 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 met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Potential historical comparator for occupation continuity and evidence tied to acting versus martial-arts participation/instruction. Personal details are redacted, while the page-one decision date is legible; retain the source link and describe the exact filed field carefully. Individual historic case summary with normal redaction-aware, source-linked framing; exact decision date confirmed from page 1.
Editorial use note: Individual historic case summary with normal redaction-aware, source-linked framing; exact decision date confirmed from page 1.
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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