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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY232005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY232005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found awards, association memberships, media, judging, authorship, and artistic display evidence insufficient; also found the record did not resolve prospective U.S. work in the field and did not establish extraordinary ability at filing.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity and posture checked against opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY232005_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 23, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of California Service Center EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO considered the overall record and found extraordinary ability at filing and prospective work in the field not established; it did not identify a separate modern final-merits phase. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found awards, association memberships, media, judging, authorship, and artistic display evidence insufficient; also found the record did not resolve prospective U.S. work in the field and did not establish extraordinary ability at filing.
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 | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 7 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 8 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 8 |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
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: Petitioner claimed extraordinary ability as a professional dancer and submitted awards, association memberships, media, judging, authored articles, and performance evidence.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO found the evidence under the discussed criteria insufficient, including because of translation problems, age/recency of recognition, and lack of qualifying judging or display evidence.; pages: 3; 8
claim: The record contained inconsistent descriptions of proposed U.S. work; AAO found eligibility and continued work in the field not established.; pages: 8; 9
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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