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EB-1A three-criterion threshold — AAO decision OCT172005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT172005_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. The petitioner submitted certificates/notifications, Japanese and Korean coverage, exhibition catalogues and sculpture-sale records. AAO found that the evidence did not establish three criteria or sustained acclaim. (pp. 2–9).
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 | OCT172005_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 17, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts; sculptor working in Japan and Korea |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No final-merits determination; less than three criteria were established. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner submitted certificates/notifications, Japanese and Korean coverage, exhibition catalogues and sculpture-sale records. AAO found that the evidence did not establish three criteria or sustained acclaim. (pp. 2–9)
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 — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Several foreign-language catalogues/materials lacked certified translations and some claimed exhibitions lacked corroboration; do not list those as verified events. (pp. 6–8)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A source-cited sculptor explainer can distinguish exhibition participation from sustained acclaim and isolated private sales from qualifying commercial success.
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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