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EB-1A membership — AAO decision MAY242011_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; denial grounds treated as independent and alternative (p. 17). Review source status…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY242011_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; denial grounds treated as independent and alternative (p. 17). AAO found one plain-language criterion met but found the total record did not establish sustained national/international acclaim or top-of-field standing. It compares the petitioner’s daycare teaching job offer with references’ substantial exhibition/collection histories (pp. 14-17).
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 | MAY242011_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 24, 2011 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A arts petition by an artist (visual artist; decision compares her evidence to established painters) (pp. 2, 16-17). |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 17). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; denial grounds treated as independent and alternative (p. 17). |
Final-merits status | Formal final-merits determination conducted and adverse; one criterion’s plain-language satisfaction was insufficient to demonstrate acclaim as an artist (pp. 14-17). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found one plain-language criterion met but found the total record did not establish sustained national/international acclaim or top-of-field standing. It compares the petitioner’s daycare teaching job offer with references’ substantial exhibition/collection histories (pp. 14-17).
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 met |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | unclear |
Scholarly authorship | unclear |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Some individual criterion states remain unclear in this report; do not publish them without a second targeted page check.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Source-linked explainer can show how AAO compared the petitioner’s record with experts’ credentials and considered the proposed U.S. work in the totality analysis.
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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