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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision SEP012006_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP012006_03B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP012006_03B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Not stated in normalized review fields |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial; AAO dismissed the appeal.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; classification: Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial; AAO dismissed the appeal.; director_findings: As distinguished in the source-specific basis. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'The petitioner submitted evidence of awards, published material, judging, original contributions, display and leading role. AAO found the record insufficient to establish the required criteria and sustained acclaim at final merits.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]} |
Final-merits status | The petitioner submitted evidence of awards, published material, judging, original contributions, display and leading role. AAO found the record insufficient to establish the required criteria and sustained acclaim at final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
true
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': False, 'fit': 'Historical visual-arts comparison only, after legal-temporal review.', 'caveats': 'Pre-2008 decision and redacted copy. Hold from current substantive content pending current-law review.'}
Page-level source trail
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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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