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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision NOV142017_01B2203: Director’s denial affirmed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV142017_01B2203: Director’s denial affirmed; petition denied. Two of four claimed criteria met, below the required three; aggregate review also found insufficient acclaim.
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_EB1A_individual_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV142017_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 14, 2017 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A certification decision (nonprecedent) |
Procedural posture | Director denial certified after prior remands; AAO affirms denial. |
Operative disposition | Director’s denial affirmed; petition denied. |
Final-merits status | Not reached_initial_threshold_failed; aggregate review unfavorable |
What the AAO decision addressed
Two of four claimed criteria met, below the required three; aggregate review also found insufficient acclaim.
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 | met — p. 3 |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 3 |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 4 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
"No source hold."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner asserted published material, original contributions, display, and leading/critical role. AAO found published material and artistic display met; original contributions and leading/critical role not met.; pages: 3; 4; 5
claim: AAO noted earlier director decisions misidentified the field as table tennis and Remanded twice before certified review.; pages: 1
claim: Fewer than three criteria; formal final merits not required; aggregate acclaim discussion was unfavorable and petition denied.; pages: 5
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: in_scope_EB1A_individual_decision
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Certification posture and prior erroneous table-tennis analyses/remands.
PDF page 3 — Claimed criteria; published material met; contributions not met.
PDF page 4 — Contribution reasoning, display met, leading/critical role analysis.
PDF page 5 — Role conclusion, aggregate discussion and denial order.
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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