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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision MAR112015_01B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal and the petition remained denied. Review source…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR112015_01B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal and the petition remained denied. AAO found fewer than three qualifying categories and dismissed; aggregate evidence was also found insufficient to show the required expertise (pp. 12-14).
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: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR112015_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 11, 2015 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent EB-1A petition involving a soprano saxophonist/performing artist (pp. 1-2). |
Procedural posture | Director denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 14). |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed the appeal and the petition remained denied. |
Final-merits status | Initial evidentiary threshold was not satisfied; AAO says a distinct Kazarian final-merits determination was unnecessary, although aggregate review also found insufficient expertise (pp. 12-14). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found fewer than three qualifying categories and dismissed; aggregate evidence was also found insufficient to show the required expertise (pp. 12-14).
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
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
No source hold. Nonprecedent; do not state that the CD itself established commercial success.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A source-cited explainer can distinguish artistic originality from major field significance and live performance from evidence of commercial success (pp. 6-12).
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.
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