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EB-1A membership — AAO decision SEP162005_09B2203: Appeal dismissed; prior denial affirmed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: The AAO Appeal dismissed; prior denial affirmed AAO found membership, judging, original contributions, authorship, comparable evidence, leading role, and salary not established; no threshold.
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: Opening page identifies EB-1A classification and final page confirms disposition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP162005_09B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 16, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition under INA §203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Vermont Service Center denial; dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; prior denial affirmed |
Final-merits status | AAO found no sustained acclaim/criterion threshold and dismissed; no separate final-merits analysis. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found membership, judging, original contributions, authorship, comparable evidence, leading role, and salary not established; no threshold.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — p. 7 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not met — p. 8 |
Leading or critical role | Not met — p. 9 |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: AAO found workplace supervision did not establish judging outside ordinary duties; research claims lacked evidence of major field-wide impact.; pages: 3; 7
claim: The record showed authored articles and conference work but insufficient publication impact/recency and salary comparison.; pages: 7; 10
claim: Appeal dismissed.; pages: 10
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Eligible with caveats
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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