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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision NOV282005_12B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The petitioner did not establish qualifying published material, original contributions of major significance, artistic display/showcase, leading/critical role, or commercial success in the performing arts. The decision distinguished self-authored work from material about the petitioner, and visual-art work from performing-arts commercial success.
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 source is an AAO EB-1A petition appeal and provides decision-specific procedural and evidentiary analysis.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV282005_12B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 28, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition appeal |
Procedural posture | Legacy EB-1A appeal; appeal dismissed after fewer than three criteria. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Legacy decision; the AAO made an aggregate acclaim conclusion without a separate modern formal final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish qualifying published material, original contributions of major significance, artistic display/showcase, leading/critical role, or commercial success in the performing arts. The decision distinguished self-authored work from material about the petitioner, and visual-art work from performing-arts commercial success.
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 | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 4 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought classification in the arts; the record describes visual/graphic art and animation work.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Self-authored work and product/movie credits were not published material about the petitioner in qualifying professional or major media; submitted coverage did not satisfy the regulatory elements.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Letters and descriptions of work did not establish field-wide impact or original contributions of major significance.; pages: 3; 4
claim: The record did not establish that the petitioner’s work was displayed at qualifying artistic exhibitions/showcases or that the role was leading/critical for distinguished organizations.; pages: 4; 5
claim: The commercial-success criterion applied to performing arts and was not established for the petitioner’s visual-art/animation work; supporting evidence did not establish qualifying receipts.; pages: 5; 6
claim: AAO dismissed the appeal and concluded the record did not show sustained acclaim.; pages: 6
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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