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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT122023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT122023_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO upheld artistic-display criterion but rejected awards, publications, contributions, leading/critical role, and salary; judging alone was newly established on appeal.
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: Decision identifies Form I-140 extraordinary ability under INA 203(b)(1)(A); AAO limits field to DJ/sound production.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT122023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2023-10-12 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; DJ/sound producer |
Procedural posture | Nonprecedent AAO de novo appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | AAO concludes fewer than three criteria are met and says a final-merits determination is unnecessary; it includes an aggregate/advisory conclusion and hypothetical view that judging evidence would not be probative at final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO upheld artistic-display criterion but rejected awards, publications, contributions, leading/critical role, and salary; judging alone was newly established on appeal.
Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
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Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | Not met — p. 3 |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 4 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 2 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner is a DJ/sound producer and digital marketer; AAO adjudicates only the DJ/sound-production field because the record did not establish continuing work in digital marketing.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Director found artistic-display criterion met; AAO upheld it. Awards were not qualifying prizes; published-material claim lacked proof of qualifying publication status.; pages: 2; 3; 4
claim: The Petitioner established actual judging participation on a casting panel in an allied field; this was the only newly established criterion.; pages: 4
claim: Digital-marketing techniques, app/social promotion, and music tracks were not shown to be original contributions of major significance in DJ/sound production.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Leading/critical role and high-salary claims were not substantiated; evidence of income and salary comparisons was insufficient.; pages: 6; 7
claim: Membership, scholarly authorship, and commercial-success claims were waived; no formal final-merits determination because initial threshold was unmet.; pages: 2; 3; 7
How this record may be used in research
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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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