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EB-1A membership — AAO decision OCT032005_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT032005_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO finds association membership requirements not shown to require outstanding achievement assessed by experts; alleged authored article lacks publication/authorship/distribution proof; photographs do not show work displayed at significant venues or exhibitions. The record falls short of three criteria and acclaim; no documented commercial success and no continued-work proof.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT032005_11B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 2005; exact day not legible on the scanned cover (PDF identifier indicates OCT032005) |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field: wig designer. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; self-represented. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits stage; aggregate adverse assessment after fewer than three criteria. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO finds association membership requirements not shown to require outstanding achievement assessed by experts; alleged authored article lacks publication/authorship/distribution proof; photographs do not show work displayed at significant venues or exhibitions. The record falls short of three criteria and acclaim; no documented commercial success and no continued-work proof.
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 met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | not met — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not met — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
"Complete public-copy scan. Cover date is faint; exact date based on source identifier, so retain this caveat."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
PDF p. 1: Public-copy cover; Texas Service Center; date faint; EB-1A petition and petitioner redacted.
PDF p. 2: AAO identifies petitioner as wig designer; petition filing/denial and limited photo evidence discussed.
PDF p. 3: Association membership lacks qualifying admission standards; article authorship/major distribution unsupported; photographs do not identify or establish significant exhibitions.
PDF p. 4: No commercial sales/receipts; fewer than three criteria and no sustained acclaim; no continue-work evidence; appeal dismissed.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow comparison for association admission standards, article proof, and independent exhibition documentation in design/craft fields.
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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