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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision MAR012021_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Published material met. Original contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, high salary, and commercial success were not met. Comparable evidence was not justified; fewer than three criteria and formal final merits not reached, although aggregate comments were included.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity and posture checked against opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR012021_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 1, 2021 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent appeal of Nebraska Service Center EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Conclusion says initial evidence did not meet three criteria and no final-merits determination was needed; AAO separately notes it reviewed the record in aggregate. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Published material met. Original contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, high salary, and commercial success were not met. Comparable evidence was not justified; fewer than three criteria and formal final merits not reached, although aggregate comments were included.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | met — p. 3 |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 5 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Beneficiary worked as a 3D generalist/scene assembler in visual effects.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Indonesian newspaper articles met published material; contribution, display, role, salary, and commercial-success claims failed.; pages: 3; 9
claim: AAO found comparable evidence unavailable because the petitioner did not show the listed criteria were not readily applicable; final merits not reached.; pages: 9; 10
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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