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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision SEP082020_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied (physical p. 6). Review source status…
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP082020_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied (physical p. 6). Scholarly authorship was met; published material was not about the petitioner in qualifying major media; original contributions were not shown to have major significance; AAO reserved judging as unnecessary and found fewer than three criteria (pp. 2–6).
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 | SEP082020_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 8, 2020 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability appeal; art critic/scholar and university lecturer in China. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO withdraws director’s published-material finding, retains scholarly-article criterion, finds fewer than three and dismisses. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition denied (physical p. 6). |
Final-merits status | Not reached as separate Kazarian step because fewer than three criteria were established; AAO nevertheless advises aggregate evidence did not show acclaim/top-of-field standing (pp. 5–6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Scholarly authorship was met; published material was not about the petitioner in qualifying major media; original contributions were not shown to have major significance; AAO reserved judging as unnecessary and found fewer than three criteria (pp. 2–6).
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 |
Judging the work of others | not reached |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Citations refer to physical PDF pages. All pages were visually inspected in source order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful case on “about the person” versus “about the person’s work,” major-media proof, and reserved issues; source supports narrow comparison with media-criterion cases. Individual case page with explicit distinction between met, not met and reserved judging.
Editorial use note: Individual case page with explicit distinction between met, not met and reserved judging.
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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