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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT172005_09B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The AAO found no sufficient evidence under the asserted criteria and concluded the petitioner had not established the required acclaim.
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: Complete printed AAO Form I-140 EB-1A source; identity and posture confirmed on opening page(s).. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT172005_09B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 17, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center EB-1A denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO expressly found that the petitioner failed to submit sufficient evidence for the three-criterion threshold; concluding aggregate comments do not change the formal not-reached status. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO found no sufficient evidence under the asserted criteria and concluded the petitioner had not established the required acclaim.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 8 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a visual artist/sculptor who submitted awards, association membership, published material, original-contribution, display, and leading-role evidence.; pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO found the evidence insufficient under the asserted awards, membership, published-material, original-contribution, artistic-display, high-salary, and leading/critical-role criteria.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8
claim: The AAO concluded that fewer than three criteria were met and the record did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing; appeal dismissed.; pages: 8; 9
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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