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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision NOV102022_01B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV102022_01B2203: dismissed. Petitioner met judging, published-material, and critical-role criteria, but AAO found no sustained national/international acclaim or top-of-field standing in the designated speech/theatrical-coaching field.
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Scope classification from review: Caption identifies an EB-1A appeal and designated extraordinary-ability field.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV102022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Nov. 10, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center self-petition denial; dismissed after preliminary criteria review and final merits. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO conducted final merits and found no sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing in the designated field. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Petitioner met judging, published-material, and critical-role criteria, but AAO found no sustained national/international acclaim or top-of-field standing in the designated speech/theatrical-coaching field.
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
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 | |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: AAO found the judge criterion met and added published materials and critical role for a distinguished Colombian film festival; petitioner met at least three preliminary criteria.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Published-material finding relied on a 2011 article and independent evidence of the newspaper’s Colombian circulation in 2016; critical-role finding relied on founder/academic-director work and annual festival duties.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Final merits failed: most field-specific press was over ten years old; recent testimonials lacked independent corroboration and comparative evidence; book review was insufficiently laudatory; much other acclaim concerned adjacent fields.; pages: 4; 5; 6
claim: AAO affirmed denial and dismissed appeal.; pages: 6
How this record may be used in research
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Page-level source trail
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How to use this record
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