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EB-1A membership — AAO decision NOV242020_05B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV242020_05B2203: dismissed. Judging and leading/critical role were accepted, but membership was not shown to satisfy the criterion; the threshold remained unmet, so formal final merits was not reached.
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: Source is an AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability appellate decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV242020_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Nov. 24, 2020 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appellate decision |
Procedural posture | Appeal of denial; dismissed after fewer than three criteria were established. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | Threshold was not met because membership failed; no formal final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Judging and leading/critical role were accepted, but membership was not shown to satisfy the criterion; the threshold remained unmet, so formal final merits was not reached.
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 | |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — p. 2 |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The Director had accepted judging and leading/critical role; the AAO considered the claimed membership evidence.; pages: 2; 3
claim: CIMA/IFA fellow status was not shown to require outstanding achievement or expert national/international judgment for admission; membership criterion not met.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Fewer than three criteria were established; no formal final merits; appeal dismissed.; pages: 5; 6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Caption, finance role, appeal and threshold posture.
PDF page 2 — Criteria accepted below and membership claim identified.
PDF page 5 — Criterion tally / applicable posture; fewer than three criteria.
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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