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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV032012_06B2203: Appeal dismissed. Appeal dismissed; only artistic exhibition/display criterion was established, short of…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV032012_06B2203: Appeal dismissed. Appeal dismissed; only artistic exhibition/display criterion was established, short of the required three types of evidence. (pp. 2, 10–11). Display of work at artistic exhibitions/showcases: met (p. 10). Awards: not met; record did not establish that award was nationally/internationally recognized (p. 7). Leading/critical role: not met; showing work through galleries did not establish leading/critical role for distinguished organizations (p. 10). Other claims did not reach the three-criterion threshold.
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 | NOV032012_06B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 3, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | Contemporary visual artist seeking EB-1A; appeal from service-center denial. |
Procedural posture | Contemporary visual artist seeking EB-1A; appeal from service-center denial. Appeal dismissed; only artistic exhibition/display criterion was established, short of the required three types of evidence. (pp. 2, 10–11) |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. Appeal dismissed; only artistic exhibition/display criterion was established, short of the required three types of evidence. (pp. 2, 10–11) |
Final-merits status | Not reached; AAO expressly states it does not proceed to final merits where three criteria are not met. (pp. 10–11) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Display of work at artistic exhibitions/showcases: met (p. 10). Awards: not met; record did not establish that award was nationally/internationally recognized (p. 7). Leading/critical role: not met; showing work through galleries did not establish leading/critical role for distinguished organizations (p. 10). Other claims did not reach the three-criterion threshold.
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 |
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 met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Hold for individual review; adverse non-precedent decision under older framework. (pp. 2, 10–11)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Potential individual case summary with a concise issue/outcome answer, criterion-by-criterion evidence table only where source explicitly supports it, dated procedural posture, page-cited quotations/paraphrases, and a link to the USCIS PDF. Avoid claiming precedential force or generalizing beyond the facts. Visual-artist example for distinguishing exhibition evidence from awards and organizational role; keep separate from performing arts and generic gallery promotion cases.
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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