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EB-1A scholarly authorship — AAO decision MAR292023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR292023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The Director found display criterion met, but AAO found the record established fewer than three criteria. Authorship, leading role, and commercial success were not established; additional published-material claim was not reached. AAO also found aggregate evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field position.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR292023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 29, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | fashion design |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "not met" |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director found display criterion met, but AAO found the record established fewer than three criteria. Authorship, leading role, and commercial success were not established; additional published-material claim was not reached. AAO also found aggregate evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field position.
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 reached |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
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 coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not met |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–4; display/authorship pp. 2–3; role/sales p. 3; merits/order p. 4.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow fashion-design comparator for treatment of display, scholarly authorship, distinguished organization reputation, and sales comparisons; existing display criterion was credited, others were not. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Cover states fashion designer petition and Texas appeal.
PDF page 2 — Director found display criterion; AAO frames alleged additional criteria.
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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