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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision OCT032005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT032005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Award evidence lacked proof of national recognition and certified translation; institute card lacked bylaws/admission requirements proving outstanding achievement; alleged articles lacked proof of actual publication under petitioner’s name, distribution, or influence.
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: EB-1A source; substantive merits decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT032005_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 3, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal dismissed |
Procedural posture | Director denied; AAO reviewed award, membership, and authorship claims and found none met. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition denied. |
Final-merits status | not reached separately; initial threshold and sustained acclaim were not established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Award evidence lacked proof of national recognition and certified translation; institute card lacked bylaws/admission requirements proving outstanding achievement; alleged articles lacked proof of actual publication under petitioner’s name, distribution, or influence.
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 met — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover date is faint but appears October 3, 2005; petition filed September 24, 2004 and described petitioner as a silk-embroidered bag designer/maker.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Award certificate lacked public recognition evidence and its translation was not certified.; pages: 3
claim: Institute identity card did not establish association admission requirements, outstanding achievements, or expert evaluation.; pages: 3
claim: Alleged articles lacked evidence they were published under petitioner’s name, distributed significantly, or influential in the field.; pages: 3; 4
claim: AAO found fewer than three criteria and no sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing; appeal dismissed.; pages: 4
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for source-cited historical evidence guide; separate the two related but distinct embroidery cases.
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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