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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT102024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found judging and artistic display met but awards, membership, published material, high salary, and commercial success not met; fewer than three criteria were established and formal final merits was reserved.
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 is a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT102024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 10, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | Fewer than three criteria were established; the AAO expressly reserved formal final merits while providing aggregate comments on acclaim. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found judging and artistic display met but awards, membership, published material, high salary, and commercial success not met; fewer than three criteria were established and formal final merits was reserved.
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 | Not met — p. 5 |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner is a singer seeking extraordinary-ability classification in the arts; the Director initially accepted only artistic display.; pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO found the claimed awards lacked proof of national/international significance, and membership records did not establish admission based on outstanding achievements judged by recognized experts.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: Published-material evidence failed because some items lacked author identification or certified translations, event previews were not about the petitioner, and major-media circulation was unproven.; pages: 5
claim: The petitioner met the judging criterion based on documented song-judging activity at a 2023 festival.; pages: 5
claim: Contracts and letters did not establish high remuneration relative to others in the field; contracts and promotional material did not establish commercial success through sales/box-office evidence.; pages: 5; 6; 7
claim: The conclusion states judging and display were met, but other criteria were not; fewer than three criteria were established and formal final merits was reserved, with separate aggregate comments finding acclaim unproven.; pages: 7; 8
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How to use this record
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