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EB-1A awards — AAO decision NOV302023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The Director’s awards finding remained. AAO withdrew the leading/critical-role finding; judging, published material, and original contributions were not established. Other unasserted criteria were waived.
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: Verified source is an AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability proceeding.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV302023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 30, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition appeal |
Procedural posture | EB-1A appeal dismissed after only one criterion; formal final merits not reached; criteria not asserted on appeal were waived. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Fewer than three criteria were established; no formal final-merits determination was made. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director’s awards finding remained. AAO withdrew the leading/critical-role finding; judging, published material, and original contributions were not established. Other unasserted criteria were waived.
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 | met — p. 2 |
Membership | waived — p. 2 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 4 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 2 |
Scholarly authorship | waived — p. 2 |
Artistic display or showcases | waived — p. 2 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | waived — p. 2 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | waived — p. 2 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a hair and fashion stylist; the Director initially found awards and leading/critical role, but AAO withdrew the latter finding.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: Guest lectures at a fashion school and work for a Russian film studio did not establish a leading/critical role for an organization with distinguished reputation.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Claims of judging fashion students lacked contemporaneous invitation, event, criteria, and participation evidence.; pages: 4
claim: Articles and circulation evidence did not establish qualifying professional, trade, or major media publication.; pages: 5; 6
claim: AAO found fewer than three criteria and dismissed; criteria not claimed on appeal were deemed waived.; pages: 2; 6; 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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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