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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP162005_08B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed The decision does not find the criteria and comparable evidence establish eligibility or sustained acclaim; no separate formal final-merits determination.
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: The physical decision identifies an AAO appeal concerning an EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP162005_08B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 16, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability (Form I-140) |
Procedural posture | Public-copy, nonprecedent AAO appeal in EB-1A extraordinary-ability matter; appeal dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed |
Final-merits status | The decision does not reach a separate formal final-merits determination; the regulatory threshold of three criteria was not met. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The decision does not find the criteria and comparable evidence establish eligibility or sustained acclaim; no separate formal final-merits determination.
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 considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not met — p. 4 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 5 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not considered — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
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: Decision reviews awards, published material, judging, original contributions, scholarly authorship, leading/critical role, high salary and commercial success evidence in an EB-1A appeal.; evidence_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: The AAO finds claimed awards and media evidence insufficient, as well as inadequate evidence under judging, contributions, authorship, role, salary and commercial-success criteria.; evidence_pages: 3; 4; 5; 6
claim: Appeal dismissed; decision concludes claimed criteria/comparable evidence do not establish eligibility or sustained acclaim.; evidence_pages: 6; 7; 8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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