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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT052009_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO finds the awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, display and leading/critical-role evidence insufficient. It also rejects the claimed commercial-success evidence, including the claimed gold-record sales, and finds the overall record insufficient.
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 on an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT052009_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 5, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO appeal from a Nebraska Service Center denial; appeal dismissed after criteria and overall-record discussion. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO’s totality discussion finds the record does not establish sustained acclaim or recognition at the top of the field. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO finds the awards, membership, published material, judging, original contributions, display and leading/critical-role evidence insufficient. It also rejects the claimed commercial-success evidence, including the claimed gold-record sales, and finds the overall record insufficient.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 8 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 11 |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 11 |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 12 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner seeks classification as a composer/performer in Ecuadorian music and relies on awards, media coverage, performances, and record sales.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4; 11; 12
claim: The AAO finds the claimed award, membership, publication, judging, contribution, display, role, and commercial-success evidence insufficient.; evidence_pages: 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12
claim: The AAO concludes the overall record does not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing and dismisses the appeal.; evidence_pages: 12; 13
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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