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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAR312023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO finds artistic display met but concludes fewer than three criteria are established. It expressly says it need not provide a final-merits determination.
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: Source is a physical AAO decision concerning an EB-1A Form I-140 petition or related motion.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR312023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 31, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability, Form I-140 |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision states the petitioner does not meet at least three criteria and says it need not provide a final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO finds artistic display met but concludes fewer than three criteria are established. It expressly says it need not provide a final-merits determination.
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 | |
Membership | Not met — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 8 |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner seeks classification as a fashion model based on awards, memberships, judging, media, contributions, authorship, and display/role evidence.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: The AAO finds the artistic-display criterion met but rejects other reviewed criteria as insufficient.; evidence_pages: 10; 11; 12
claim: The decision expressly states the petitioner failed the initial threshold and no final-merits determination is needed; appeal dismissed.; evidence_pages: 12
How this record may be used in research
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Page-level source trail
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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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