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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision OCT292019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT292019_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Scholarly-article criterion was met, but published material, original contributions and remaining criteria did not establish the required threshold; no final-merits determination. (pp. 2–8).
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 | OCT292019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 29, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | Business/arts; general manager of a traditional Chinese footwear company and founder of a traditional-shoe museum |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO appellate review. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No full final-merits determination because the three-criterion threshold was not met; AAO nevertheless gave an adverse aggregate-acclaim assessment. (pp. 7–8) |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal dismissed. Scholarly-article criterion was met, but published material, original contributions and remaining criteria did not establish the required threshold; no final-merits determination. (pp. 2–8)
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
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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