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EB-1A membership — AAO decision JUN282013_01B2203: Director’s denial affirmed and petition denied (p. 19). Review source status, procedural posture and…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN282013_01B2203: Director’s denial affirmed and petition denied (p. 19). AAO found fewer than three threshold criteria. Several findings were abandoned on appeal; evidence of an album’s sales related to only two songs, and background music in programming did not establish the claimed criteria (pp. 5-18).
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.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN282013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 28, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A arts petition by a Christian musician/songwriter (p. 2). |
Procedural posture | Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO previously rejected appeal as untimely without merits review; motion to reopen/reconsider granted, prior untimeliness rejection withdrawn, Director’s denial affirmed; appeal dismissed (pp. 2, 19). |
Operative disposition | Director’s denial affirmed and petition denied (p. 19). |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination required because fewer than three criteria were established; decision expressly concludes threshold was not met (p. 18). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found fewer than three threshold criteria. Several findings were abandoned on appeal; evidence of an album’s sales related to only two songs, and background music in programming did not establish the claimed criteria (pp. 5-18).
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
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Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Membership | abandoned |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | abandoned |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | unclear |
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 holds and limits
No source identity/completeness hold. Redacted; do not say the petition was approved—the Director’s denial was affirmed.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Procedural explainer can note reopening allowed merits review after untimeliness rejection; content page should clearly distinguish reopening from approval.
Page-level source trail
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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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