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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV192015_01B2203: Appeal sustained; petition eligibility established (pp. 2, 7). Review source status, procedural posture and…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV192015_01B2203: Appeal sustained; petition eligibility established (pp. 2, 7). Published material, original contributions, and artistic display criteria were met. Final merits was favorable based on major-trade coverage, field influence of Ammolite techniques/tools, exhibitions, market recognition and expert evidence (pp. 3–7). AAO separately withdrew the Director’s unsupported fraud/misrepresentation finding during appellate proceedings (p. 2).
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_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV192015_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 19, 2015 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition concerning a Japanese jewelry designer specializing in Ammolite design. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of revocation; AAO sustained the appeal after supplemental proceedings and de novo review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal sustained; petition eligibility established (pp. 2, 7). |
Final-merits status | Explicit final-merits determination, favorable: aggregate evidence established top-of-field expertise and sustained national/international acclaim in jewelry design (pp. 5–7). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Published material, original contributions, and artistic display criteria were met. Final merits was favorable based on major-trade coverage, field influence of Ammolite techniques/tools, exhibitions, market recognition and expert evidence (pp. 3–7). AAO separately withdrew the Director’s unsupported fraud/misrepresentation finding during appellate proceedings (p. 2).
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 | met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | met |
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. 2–7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Strong positive comparator for a source-grounded jewelry-design case. Aggregate page should explain the particular combination of trade-media reach, adoption of design tools/techniques, exhibitions, sales and expert evidence; do not imply the decision binds later cases. Prominent individual decision summary and positive final-merits comparator, labeled nonprecedent and 2015.
Editorial use note: Prominent individual decision summary and positive final-merits comparator, labeled nonprecedent and 2015.
Page-level source trail
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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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