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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY192014_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY192014_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Two criteria were credited: judging and commercial success in performing arts. Awards, membership, published material and high salary were not established; fewer than three criteria, so no final-merits review. (pp. 8–10).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY192014_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 19, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts; folk singer / performing artist |
Procedural posture | Appeal of denial of an EB-1A petition; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No formal final-merits determination; only two criteria were established. (pp. 9–10) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Two criteria were credited: judging and commercial success in performing arts. Awards, membership, published material and high salary were not established; fewer than three criteria, so no final-merits review. (pp. 8–10)
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 |
Membership | not met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | met — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
The appeal remained denied despite two credited criteria; keep this outcome explicit. (pp. 9–10)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A cited folk-music example can distinguish documented performing-arts commercial success from general recognition.
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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