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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision NOV212005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV212005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO excluded most foreign-language materials with uncertified translations, found national award recognition and coverage unproven, found no major-contribution impact, rejected routine or artist-funded exhibitions as evidence of sustained acclaim, and rejected later salary evidence. (pp. 2–8).
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Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV212005_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 21, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts; painter / visual artist (Nepalese contemporary art) |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center I-140 denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Adverse overall merits finding: evidence did not show sustained national/international acclaim or top-of-field status at filing. (pp. 7–8) |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO excluded most foreign-language materials with uncertified translations, found national award recognition and coverage unproven, found no major-contribution impact, rejected routine or artist-funded exhibitions as evidence of sustained acclaim, and rejected later salary evidence. (pp. 2–8)
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
The decision itself is complete and readable, but its underlying foreign-language exhibits were often submitted with uncertified translations; AAO expressly declined to give those materials weight. Do not treat those disputed exhibits as independently verified facts.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A page can distinguish “work displayed” from whether the display evidences sustained acclaim, with explicit caution that this decision’s foreign-language evidence was discounted for translation defects.
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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