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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY192014_02B2203: Appeal dismissed; prior denial affirmed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed; prior denial affirmed AAO found judging and commercial success criteria unmet, awards, membership, published material, original contributions, and leading/critical role unmet, and artistic display abandoned. The three-criterion threshold was not met; AAO said no final-merits explanation was required.
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: Opening page identifies EB-1A classification under INA §203(b)(1)(A); final page confirms disposition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY192014_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 19, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; prior denial affirmed |
Final-merits status | AAO states the threshold was unmet; therefore it need not explain a final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found judging and commercial success criteria unmet, awards, membership, published material, original contributions, and leading/critical role unmet, and artistic display abandoned. The three-criterion threshold was not met; AAO said no final-merits explanation was required.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 6 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | abandoned — p. 9 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification as a musician; the appeal focuses on extraordinary ability in music, after initial evidence also referred to acting.; pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO found group/industry letters and articles did not establish field-wide impact, and festival attendance without attributable sales data did not show commercial success.; pages: 7; 12
claim: AAO found the initial three-criterion requirement unmet and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 12; 13
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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