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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision OCT082009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied (pp. 15-16). Review source status…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT082009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied (pp. 15-16). The petitioner did not establish three qualifying criteria or sustained acclaim; AAO withdrew the Director’s favorable leading/critical role finding. The record also included an asserted Thierry Mermod Prize and performance/media evidence (pp. 4-15).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT082009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 8, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A performing-arts petition concerning a violinist/musician (pp. 2-4, 13-15). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Service Center denial; AAO dismissed and stated each denial ground was an independent and alternative basis (pp. 2, 15-16). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition denied (pp. 15-16). |
Final-merits status | Adverse aggregate conclusion: record did not establish sustained acclaim at the top of the field (p. 15). |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not establish three qualifying criteria or sustained acclaim; AAO withdrew the Director’s favorable leading/critical role finding. The record also included an asserted Thierry Mermod Prize and performance/media evidence (pp. 4-15).
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not met |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Redacted and nonprecedent; ensure the prize name is transcribed from visual source if used.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Source-linked FAQ can separate awards, media, display, organizational role, salary, and commercial success while flagging the independent alternative grounds.
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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