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EB-1A membership — AAO decision OCT262005_05B2203: Appeal or motion dismissed, as stated in the decision. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT262005_05B2203: Appeal or motion dismissed, as stated in the decision. Appeal dismissed; fewer than three criteria were established and sustained acclaim was not shown. (pp. 3–9).
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT262005_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 26, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Arts; Chinese harp performer |
Procedural posture | Appeal of service-center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal or motion dismissed, as stated in the decision. |
Final-merits status | No formal separate final-merits stage; AAO found fewer than three criteria and insufficient overall acclaim. (pp. 8–9) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed; fewer than three criteria were established and sustained acclaim was not shown. (pp. 3–9)
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 met |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
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 met |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
Several foreign-language items were accompanied by incomplete/summary translations or lacked independent corroboration; report only AAO-described evidence and limits. (pp. 4–6)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Cited artist-focused explainer on why performance appearances differ from showcase evidence and why commercial success needs sales/receipts.
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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