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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision OCT182011_01B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.). Review…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT182011_01B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.). The decision conducted a final-merits determination and found evidence failed to show sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing in the broader producer/director field. (pp. 11–13).
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 | OCT182011_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 18, 2011 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A arts petition for a film producer/director, particularly short films. (pp. 2, 11–13) |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial; AAO dismissed. (pp. 1–2, 13) |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed the appeal. (Final page/order cited in posture/outcome.) |
Final-merits status | Reached and not met. The AAO found award, shortlisting, and festival evidence insufficient to establish acclaim/top status in the broader field; it declined to narrow the field to short-film producers. (pp. 11–13) |
What the AAO decision addressed
The decision conducted a final-merits determination and found evidence failed to show sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing in the broader producer/director field. (pp. 11–13)
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 |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Nonprecedent; preserve that the AAO declined to narrow the field.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful source-linked answer to whether a short-film award/festival run established extraordinary ability in the broader producer/director field; cite the AAO’s express reasoning.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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