AAO research
EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision JUN292009_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN292009_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. The Director had found one criterion; the AAO sustained artistic showcase participation only. Awards, media, judging, contributions and leading role were not established. (pp. 3–8).
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_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 29, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts/music; Nepali singer and guitarist, associated with the band The Angels |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits determination because fewer than three criteria were established. The AAO also observed that acclaim in Nepal had not been sustained during the petitioner’s preceding three years in the United States. (p. 8) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director had found one criterion; the AAO sustained artistic showcase participation only. Awards, media, judging, contributions and leading role were not established. (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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
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 |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
The decision treats media outlet reach and national recognition as unverified on this record; avoid presenting publication circulation or award prestige as independently confirmed. (pp. 4–6)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A source-cited musician page can separate event participation from awards and major-media coverage, and explain why album contracts need field salary comparisons.
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.
Related corpus research
Full-corpus research index
Judging the work of others research
Leading or critical role research
Performance sector research
Coverage research
Browse the AAO decision index · Read EB-1A evidence guides · Review source and correction methodology.