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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT222019_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT222019_02B2203: dismissed. The artistic-display criterion was accepted, but awards and published material were not established, leaving fewer than three criteria.
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: Complete AAO decision addressing an EB-1A Form I-140 extraordinary-ability petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT222019_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2019-10-22 |
Classification / field stated in source | AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition decision or motion proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of a Form I-140 EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | The AAO expressly states final merits need not be reached after failure to meet three criteria; it separately notes an aggregate review. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The artistic-display criterion was accepted, but awards and published material were not established, leaving fewer than three criteria.
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 | |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 2 |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner was a multimedia installation artist; the Director found one criterion, artistic display, met. (pp. 1–2); pages: 1; 2
claim: The AAO rejected a grant and museum invitation as qualifying awards, and found published-media claims insufficient because articles, circulation data, translations, or publication evidence did not satisfy the regulation. (pp. 2–5); pages: 2; 3; 4; 5
claim: The AAO dismissed after finding fewer than three criteria; it states final merits need not be reached, though it reviewed the record in the aggregate. (p. 6); pages: 6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
Page-level source trail
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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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