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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision OCT142005_28B2203: Dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT142005_28B2203: Dismissed. AAO found the submitted record did not establish the claimed award, qualifying artistic display, high salary, or commercial success in the performing arts; the overall record also failed to establish sustained acclaim and intent to continue work.
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: in_scope_EB1A_AAO_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT142005_28B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 14, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Dismissed appeal |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; claims included awards, artistic display, high remuneration, and commercial success. |
Operative disposition | Dismissed |
Final-merits status | Unfavorable; record did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing; AAO dismissed appeal. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found the submitted record did not establish the claimed award, qualifying artistic display, high salary, or commercial success in the performing arts; the overall record also failed to establish sustained acclaim and intent to continue work.
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 reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover identifies appeal and watch-design context.; pages: 1
claim: AAO evaluates award and artistic-display evidence.; pages: 2
claim: AAO evaluates salary and commercial-success claims, including the limits of captioned sales figures.; pages: 3
claim: AAO concludes the record does not establish sustained acclaim and addresses intent to continue work.; pages: 4
claim: AAO dismisses appeal.; pages: 5
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: eligible_for_narrow_fact_grounded_content: True; must_preserve_procedural_posture: True; recommended_use: Historical product-design case with weak evidence; useful only for a bounded evidence-quality discussion. Do not aggregate as performing-arts commercial success precedent.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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