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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT012008_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed AAO finds neither a qualifying one-time achievement nor the required three criteria; appeal dismissed.
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: Physical source is an AAO decision involving an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition (one record is specifically a revocation appeal).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT012008_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 1, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO resolves the appeal for failure to show a qualifying major award or three criteria; no separate formal final-merits analysis is conducted. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO finds neither a qualifying one-time achievement nor the required three criteria; appeal dismissed.
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 met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 6 |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 7 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The AAO rejects the claimed film-festival award as insufficient to establish a qualifying major internationally recognized award.; evidence_pages: 3; 4
claim: The decision rejects published-material, judging, authorship, display, leading-role, and commercial-success showings.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
claim: The appeal is dismissed because the petitioner did not establish a one-time major award or at least three criteria.; evidence_pages: 10; 11
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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