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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY182009_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The evidence did not establish sustained acclaim at the time of filing; claimed awards and media were insufficient even though artistic display was treated as met.
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 identifies an AAO appeal concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY182009_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 18, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140; public-copy nonprecedent decision. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision resolves eligibility based on sustained acclaim and criteria; it does not perform a separately labeled formal final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The evidence did not establish sustained acclaim at the time of filing; claimed awards and media were insufficient even though artistic display was treated as met.
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 considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 8 |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 9 |
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 sought classification as a traditional Thai musical-instrument performer; the AAO found claimed early recognition did not show sustained acclaim by filing and that evidence did not show recent national-level recognition.; evidence_pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The AAO found awards/one-time achievement and published-material evidence insufficient; the director’s finding that artistic display was met was not withdrawn, but the evidence did not show national-level acclaim by the filing date.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9
claim: The AAO found the petitioner had not established sustained acclaim or eligibility and dismissed the appeal.; evidence_pages: 9; 10
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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