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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT192009_03B2203: Appeal sustained; petition approved. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT192009_03B2203: Appeal sustained; petition approved. Overall finding based on media, modeling, remuneration, and hosting; no criterion mapping.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT192009_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Oct 19 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of model’s EB-1A denial; AAO finds sustained national acclaim and top-of-field recognition. |
Operative disposition | Appeal sustained; petition approved. |
Final-merits status | Reached: acclaim/top-of-field; not separate modern Kazarian step |
What the AAO decision addressed
Overall finding based on media, modeling, remuneration, and hosting; no criterion mapping.
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 | unclear — source PDF |
Membership | unclear — source PDF |
Published material about the person | unclear — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | unclear — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | unclear — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | unclear — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | unclear — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | unclear — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | unclear — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | unclear — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
["Public-copy redactions; avoid personal details."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Public-copy redactions; avoid personal details.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
AAO says appeal sustained and petition approved. (PDF p. 2)
Historic ten-criterion framework; no individual findings. (PDF p. 3)
Media, covers, interviews, documentary, remuneration, hosting support approval. (PDF p. 4)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Group only by narrowly described issue; do not conflate outcomes or treat remand as approval.
Editorial use note: Eligible for scoped, citation-rich content; identify procedural posture and nonprecedent status.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — AAO says appeal sustained and petition approved.
PDF page 3 — Historic ten-criterion framework; no individual findings.
PDF page 4 — Media, covers, interviews, documentary, remuneration, hosting support approval.
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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