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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV252016_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV252016_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found the initial three-criteria threshold unmet and did not conduct formal final merits. It withdrew the Director’s artistic-display finding after finding the beneficiary substituted his name for the actual artist in submitted articles; other discussed awards, published material, original contributions, and salary claims also failed. The decision separately finds willful/material misrepresentation.
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 source; identity and posture checked against opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV252016_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 25, 2016 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent appeal of EB-1A denial; dismissed; AAO also found willful/material misrepresentation. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO stated the initial threshold was unmet and a Kazarian final-merits determination was unnecessary; its aggregate comments are not a formal final-merits finding. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the initial three-criteria threshold unmet and did not conduct formal final merits. It withdrew the Director’s artistic-display finding after finding the beneficiary substituted his name for the actual artist in submitted articles; other discussed awards, published material, original contributions, and salary claims also failed. The decision separately finds willful/material misrepresentation.
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 | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Matter concerned the beneficiary’s claimed fashion-accessory design work and EB-1A petition.; pages: 1; 2
claim: AAO withdrew the Director’s display finding after determining the beneficiary’s name had been substituted for the actual artist’s name on articles; other discussed criteria were not established.; pages: 8; 10
claim: AAO found willful/material misrepresentation and dismissed the appeal.; pages: 11; 11
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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