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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision OCT242014_01B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal and the petition remained denied. Review source…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT242014_01B2203: AAO dismissed the appeal and the petition remained denied. The petitioner failed the antecedent requirement of three categories; the AAO noted no separate final-merits determination was necessary (pp. 14-15).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT242014_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 24, 2014 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent EB-1A petition in graphic arts/design; director decision appealed (pp. 1-2). |
Procedural posture | Director denial appealed; AAO dismissed (pp. 2, 15). |
Operative disposition | AAO dismissed the appeal and the petition remained denied. |
Final-merits status | No distinct final-merits determination because the three-category threshold was not met; the decision states aggregate evidence did not warrant further final-merits analysis (pp. 14-15). |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner failed the antecedent requirement of three categories; the AAO noted no separate final-merits determination was necessary (pp. 14-15).
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | abandoned |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No source hold; decision is explicitly nonprecedent.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Source-linked checklist of evidence burdens in a graphic-arts petition, with criterion-by-criterion citations rather than a generalized “designer” rule (pp. 4-14).
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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