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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN292009_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN292009_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found the submitted membership, press, judging, authorship, role and remuneration evidence insufficient to establish three criteria; prior O-1 approval did not control. (pp. 3–9).
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 | JUN292009_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 29, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Business/film industry; marketer and public-relations specialist |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; petitioner relied partly on BAFTA membership and film-related work. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination; threshold criteria not established. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the submitted membership, press, judging, authorship, role and remuneration evidence insufficient to establish three criteria; prior O-1 approval did not control. (pp. 3–9)
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 met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Do not equate voting membership in BAFTA with adjudicative judging. Prior O-1 status did not decide EB-1A eligibility. (pp. 5–8)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Cited explainer potential: BAFTA membership or participation does not itself prove recognized judging or extraordinary acclaim.
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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