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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JUN292009_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN292009_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Claimed criteria involving awards, membership, published material, judging, contributions, display, leading role and commercial success were not established. (pp. 3–10).
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_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 29, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts; actor and film/television performer from Nepal |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate formal Kazarian final-merits determination; the criteria review and concluding acclaim assessment were adverse. (pp. 9–10) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed. Claimed criteria involving awards, membership, published material, judging, contributions, display, leading role and commercial success were not established. (pp. 3–10)
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 — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
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 met |
Source holds and limits
Foreign-language articles lacked certified translations; their underlying contents should not be asserted beyond AAO’s description. (pp. 5–6)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Source-cited actor explainer can present distinct documentation requirements and explain why appearances do not by themselves establish awards or commercial success.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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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