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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV122013_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The Director’s judging finding remained met. AAO found awards, published material, original contributions, artistic display, and leading/critical role not met; membership was abandoned and scholarly authorship was not established. Only one criterion was met; formal final merits was unnecessary, with the source discussing the aggregate record.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity and posture checked against opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV122013_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 12, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent appeal of Texas Service Center EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision states the initial threshold failed and a final-merits determination was unnecessary; an aggregate discussion does not convert it into a formal merits finding. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director’s judging finding remained met. AAO found awards, published material, original contributions, artistic display, and leading/critical role not met; membership was abandoned and scholarly authorship was not established. Only one criterion was met; formal final merits was unnecessary, with the source discussing the aggregate record.
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 | |
Membership | abandoned — p. 5 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 6 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 9 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner sought EB-1A classification as a violinist and associate concertmaster.; pages: 2
claim: AAO retained judging as met, found the other discussed criteria insufficient, and treated membership as abandoned.; pages: 5; 10
claim: AAO found only one criterion met and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 10; 11
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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