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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT282008_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT282008_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Awards, published material, artistic display, leading/critical role, and commercial success not established; no three-criterion threshold.
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_individual_decision_historical_regulatory_context. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT282008_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 28, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal decision (legacy) |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not reached_initial_threshold_failed; aggregate finding unfavorable |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards, published material, artistic display, leading/critical role, and commercial success not established; no three-criterion threshold.
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — p. 4 |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 5 |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 5 |
Source holds and limits
"No source hold."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Television-program director did not establish award receipt, media about himself, role for distinguished organizations or commercial success.; pages: 3; 4; 5
claim: Program footage was not about petitioner and was not shown to have audience reach or critical acclaim; appeal dismissed.; pages: 4; 5; 6
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: in_scope_EB1A_individual_decision_historical_regulatory_context
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Appeal, television director field, classification and standard.
PDF page 5 — Display, role and commercial-success criteria not met.
PDF page 6 — Threshold and aggregate finding; appeal dismissed.
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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