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EB-1A awards — AAO decision OCT312005_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT312005_02B2203: dismissed. Awards, association membership, published material, judging, artistic display, high salary, and commercial success were not established. The AAO emphasized that public performance alone is not an artistic exhibition/showcase and that the record did not show national/international acclaim. Fewer than three criteria; no separate modern final-merits stage.
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: Source caption and analyzed filing identify an EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition or appeal/motion.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT312005_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Oct. 31, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Legacy EB-1A appeal |
Procedural posture | Appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | Fewer than three criteria were established; the legacy decision contains an aggregate no-acclaim conclusion, not a separate modern final-merits stage. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards, association membership, published material, judging, artistic display, high salary, and commercial success were not established. The AAO emphasized that public performance alone is not an artistic exhibition/showcase and that the record did not show national/international acclaim. Fewer than three criteria; no separate modern final-merits stage.
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 — p. 3 |
Membership | Not met — p. 4 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 5 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — p. 6 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — p. 6 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The petitioner sought EB-1A classification as an acrobat; the legacy appeal was dismissed.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Awards included an employer award and unsupported claimed national/international honors; the record lacked contemporaneous evidence of stature.; pages: 3
claim: Association admission requirements and expert review were not documented; media was not shown to be major, primarily about petitioner, or sustained.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Judging evidence did not establish the level of contestants or national publicity; ordinary performance before an audience did not satisfy the artistic-display criterion.; pages: 5; 6
claim: Salary lacked payroll/tax records and comparisons; performance programs and photos did not establish box-office receipts or sales.; pages: 6
claim: The AAO found fewer than three criteria and no sustained acclaim; appeal dismissed.; pages: 6; 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible for individual case discussion
Page-level source trail
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PDF page 1 — Caption/date/classification/field and posture visually checked.
PDF page 7 — Conclusion and operative disposition visually checked; findings are cited above.
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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