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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT202005_09B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT202005_09B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found fewer than three criteria and no sustained acclaim. Award evidence was insufficiently recognized; displays were not shown to be recognized exhibitions; sales and compensation claims lacked objective proof.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT202005_09B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 20, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field claimed: mini red wood carving / art. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "adverse totality/final-merits discussion reached after finding fewer than three criteria; no eligibility." |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found fewer than three criteria and no sustained acclaim. Award evidence was insufficiently recognized; displays were not shown to be recognized exhibitions; sales and compensation claims lacked objective proof.
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 |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — 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 met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not met |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 2–5; awards/display p. 3, salary/sales/final analysis p. 4, order p. 5.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Negative comparator for art-display and commercial-success evidence; do not use as general art-industry guidance without accounting for date and record limitations. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
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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