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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY042009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed Awards, published material, judging, contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, salary, and commercial success claims were not established; no qualifying one-time award or three criteria.
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: The source is a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY042009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 4, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | No three-criterion threshold. The older decision makes an overall assessment but no separate modern Kazarian final-merits step. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards, published material, judging, contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, salary, and commercial success claims were not established; no qualifying one-time award or three criteria.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 5 |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 5 |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 6 |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 7 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner did not identify specific criteria; AAO considered evidence under the most applicable categories and found awards were not nationally recognized for excellence in acting/publicity.; pages: 3
claim: Published material and translations did not establish qualifying media/aboutness; TV appearances did not establish judging or original contributions.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Film/soap opera appearances did not establish qualifying artistic display or leading/critical role for distinguished organizations.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Salary and commercial-success evidence did not satisfy the plain-language requirements or demonstrate comparison to others in the field.; pages: 6; 7
claim: The AAO found the petitioner had not worked as a publicist and was not significantly above others as a performer; appeal dismissed.; pages: 8; 9
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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