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EB-1A commercial success — AAO decision MAY202013_01B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; appeal sustained; petition approved. Review source status…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY202013_01B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; appeal sustained; petition approved. AAO finds qualifying commercial success, at least three criteria overall, sustained acclaim and prospective benefit. It rejects display of work for a performance artist because the criterion concerns display of a visual artist’s work at exhibitions/showcases.
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: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY202013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 20, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; concert pianist / performing musician |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; AAO evaluates performer’s display and commercial-success claims. |
Operative disposition | Director’s decision withdrawn; appeal sustained; petition approved. |
Final-merits status | "met" |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO finds qualifying commercial success, at least three criteria overall, sustained acclaim and prospective benefit. It rejects display of work for a performance artist because the criterion concerns display of a visual artist’s work at exhibitions/showcases.
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
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 coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | met |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–6; each criterion basis includes pinpoint page citations.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful performing-arts decision on the limits of “display” and the distinct commercial-success criterion, with a positive totality outcome. Do not generalize beyond the decision’s description of the petitioner as a performance artist. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Public-copy cover / order sheet; identifies appeal packet.
PDF page 2 — Appeal discussion, musician classification and statutory criteria.
PDF page 3 — Regulatory framework and AAO review; display criterion begins.
PDF page 4 — Explains display criterion and visual-artist limitation.
PDF page 5 — Commercial success, final merits and conclusion.
PDF page 6 — Concluding eligibility/benefit and operative approval order.
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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