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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision MAY282009_02B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.). Review…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY282009_02B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.). The petitioner established the artistic-display criterion, but not three qualifying categories; the appeal was dismissed. (pp. 6–14).
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 | MAY282009_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Date not printed on the decision face; petition filed September 25, 2006. (pp. 2–3) |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A arts petition for a new-media artist. (p. 2) |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 14) |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.) |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits analysis is identified; the decision resolves the appeal after finding fewer than three criteria. (pp. 13–14) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner established the artistic-display criterion, but not three qualifying categories; the appeal was dismissed. (pp. 6–14)
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not 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 coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Decision date is not printed; do not infer it from ID. Nonprecedent.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A source-linked case summary can answer whether exhibition history alone sufficed, with exact citation to the criterion and order.
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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