AAO research
EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT212005_06B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT212005_06B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO found awards, membership, published material, judging, contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, high salary, and commercial-success claims not established; sustained acclaim not shown.
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: The source is a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT212005_06B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 21, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability decision under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of California Service Center denial of Form I-140; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | This 2005 legacy decision makes an overall sustained-acclaim finding rather than a separate modern final-merits determination; the initial criteria were not established. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found awards, membership, published material, judging, contributions, artistic display, leading/critical role, high salary, and commercial-success claims not established; sustained acclaim not shown.
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 | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 4 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 6 |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 7 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner sought extraordinary-ability classification as an actor; appeal from denial was dismissed.; pages: 2
claim: A post-filing 2005 award nomination was not qualifying; ACTRA membership did not show outstanding-achievement requirements; published coverage was sparse, not sufficiently about petitioner, or unsupported as major media.; pages: 3; 4
claim: No evidence supported actual judging service; support letters did not show original contributions of major significance beyond direct collaborators.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Festival/theatre appearances, TV roles, remuneration, and film/video evidence did not establish qualifying display, leading role for distinguished entities, high salary relative to leading actors, or commercial success attributable to petitioner.; pages: 5; 6; 7
claim: The AAO found limited recognition in Canada but no sustained national/international acclaim or top-of-field standing; appeal dismissed.; pages: 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
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.
Related corpus research
Full-corpus research index
Awards research
Membership research
Published material about the person research
Judging the work of others research
Original contributions of major significance research
Artistic display or showcases research
Leading or critical role research
High salary or remuneration research
Commercial success in the performing arts research
Performance sector research
Coverage research
Browse the AAO decision index · Read EB-1A evidence guides · Review source and correction methodology.