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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision NOV212019_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed None of the five claimed criteria was established: the submitted reviews and posts were not qualifying material about the petitioner, evidence did not show major contributions or artistic display, acting credits did not prove organizational role, and remuneration lacked reliable comparative evidence.
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: The PDF identifies this as an AAO Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV212019_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 21, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The petitioner failed the initial threshold; the AAO says it need not provide a formal final-merits determination, though it reviewed the record in the aggregate. |
What the AAO decision addressed
None of the five claimed criteria was established: the submitted reviews and posts were not qualifying material about the petitioner, evidence did not show major contributions or artistic display, acting credits did not prove organizational role, and remuneration lacked reliable comparative evidence.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 5 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is an actress with film, television, commercial, and other credits in Israel and the United States; appeal dismissed.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Blog, social-media, festival, and website items did not establish major media; many concerned films rather than the petitioner, lacked authorship or full translation, or did not document source reach.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Evidence did not establish original field-wide contributions or display of her work at an artistic exhibition/showcase.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Lead acting credits and a producer letter did not show a leading/critical role for a distinguished organization.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Contracts and claimed hourly fees lacked proof of actual earnings and comparable actor compensation; the record also discussed, but did not treat as dispositive, prior O-1 status.; pages: 6; 7
claim: The AAO reserved formal final merits and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 8
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
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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