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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision OCT062023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The Director found no criteria. The petitioner challenges leading/critical role and published material; judging and high-remuneration issues are waived on appeal. AAO rejects the two argued criteria; threshold unmet, so no final merits.
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: The source identifies an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition under INA section 203(b)(1)(A).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT062023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2023-10-06 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition; businessperson/entrepreneur |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; AAO dismisses. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO states the threshold is not met and need not provide a final-merits determination. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The Director found no criteria. The petitioner challenges leading/critical role and published material; judging and high-remuneration issues are waived on appeal. AAO rejects the two argued criteria; threshold unmet, so no final merits.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | waived — p. 3 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | waived — p. 3 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: AAO notes the Director found none of the criteria and that no final merits was conducted at the Director stage.; pages: 2
claim: Petitioner’s appeal challenges role and publication evidence; two other claimed criteria, judging and high remuneration, are waived.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO finds inconsistent/insufficient evidence of leading or critical roles and rejects published material as not sufficiently about the petitioner’s relevant work or qualifying media.; pages: 4; 5; 6; 7
claim: AAO dismisses because the initial three-criterion threshold is not met.; pages: 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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