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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV252008_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found the asserted awards, published material, artistic display, leading-role, high-salary, and commercial-success evidence insufficient and concluded the record did not establish extraordinary ability.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A decision, confirmed from source pages 1–2.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV252008_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 25, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of a Form I-140 EB-1A denial; AAO dismissed the appeal. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Fewer than three criteria were established; the AAO’s concluding discussion of acclaim is not coded as a separate formal final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found the asserted awards, published material, artistic display, leading-role, high-salary, and commercial-success evidence insufficient and concluded the record did not establish extraordinary ability.
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 | |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner worked in fashion design/material research and relied on awards, published material, artistic display, a leading/critical role, high salary, and commercial success.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: The AAO found the school/student award and employer recognition insufficient, the articles did not qualify as published coverage about the petitioner, group displays did not establish the claimed distinction, and the role, salary, and sales evidence did not meet their criteria.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO concluded that the petitioner had not established eligibility and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 8; 9
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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