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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT262009_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT262009_04B2203: Appeal dismissed. AAO accepts the artistic-display criterion but rejects the asserted awards, membership, published-material, original-contribution, leading/critical-role and high-salary criteria. The record does not reach three criteria; decision reviews sustained acclaim in its overall eligibility analysis and dismisses.
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 physical source identifies an AAO appeal concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT262009_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 26, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Public-copy, nonprecedent AAO appeal from Texas Service Center EB-1A denial; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision does not reach a separate formal final-merits determination because the threshold of three initial evidentiary criteria was not met. Where noted, the AAO separately discusses aggregate acclaim in its overall eligibility conclusion; this is distinguished from a reached formal final-merits stage. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO accepts the artistic-display criterion but rejects the asserted awards, membership, published-material, original-contribution, leading/critical-role and high-salary criteria. The record does not reach three criteria; decision reviews sustained acclaim in its overall eligibility analysis and dismisses.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 3 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 10 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought classification as an artist in fine arts and documented group and solo exhibitions in Korea and multiple U.S. states.; evidence_pages: 2; 3
claim: The AAO finds display at artistic exhibitions established; award claims lack evidence of national/international recognition and association materials do not establish qualifying membership requirements.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7
claim: Published-material evidence does not establish professional/major media coverage about the petitioner; letters do not establish original contributions of major significance.; evidence_pages: 7; 8; 9
claim: The decision also rejects a leading/critical role and high-salary theory, finds sustained acclaim insufficient and dismisses the appeal.; evidence_pages: 9; 10
How this record may be used in research
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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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