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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision OCT202011_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT202011_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Appeal did not identify specific errors or support assertions. AAO notes awards evidence did not establish recognition for excellence; affidavit omitted published material; high-salary issue abandoned; original contributions raised for first time without record evidence.
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: EB-1A appeal; procedural dismissal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT202011_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 20, 2011 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal; summary dismissal |
Procedural posture | Director found awards, published material, high salary not met; judging met. On appeal counsel repeated broad claims and raised original contributions for first time; AAO found no specific errors; issue of high salary was abandoned. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not newly adjudicated by AAO on appeal; director had found no overall eligibility. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal did not identify specific errors or support assertions. AAO notes awards evidence did not establish recognition for excellence; affidavit omitted published material; high-salary issue abandoned; original contributions raised for first time without record evidence.
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 reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover dated October 20, 2011 identifies EB-1A petition.; pages: 1
claim: Petitioner described as musician/performer; director found awards, published material, salary not met and judging met.; pages: 2
claim: Counsel broadly asserted awards, published material, judging and original contributions but did not identify specific error; original contributions claim was raised for first time on appeal.; pages: 2
claim: AAO found affidavit did not cure awards/media deficiencies, deemed high-salary issue abandoned and summarily dismissed appeal.; pages: 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Exclude from outcome-level aggregation; record director criterion findings separately from AAO disposition.
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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