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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV082006_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV082006_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found no qualifying award, membership, authorship, display, or commercial-success evidence; local cooking awards lacked national/international recognition and translated materials were deficient. Record did not establish sustained acclaim or three criteria.
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 | NOV082006_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 8, 2006 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field claimed: culinary arts / chef. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "Threshold not met; AAO also expressly found sustained acclaim/top-of-field not established." |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found no qualifying award, membership, authorship, display, or commercial-success evidence; local cooking awards lacked national/international recognition and translated materials were deficient. Record did not establish sustained acclaim or three criteria.
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 met |
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 met |
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-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 2–5; awards p. 3, membership/authorship/display/final merits p. 4, order p. 5.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Negative comparator for local culinary awards and portfolio photos; useful only when explaining need for evidence of award recognition, selectivity, circulation and qualifying displays. 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.
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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