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EB-1A membership — AAO decision SEP182008_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition not approved (pp. 15-16). Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP182008_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition not approved (pp. 15-16). Evidence showed an acting career in Mexico and invitations as a political speaker, but the AAO found no qualifying three criteria and no evidence placing the beneficiary significantly above others in the field. It excluded post-filing evidence from establishing filing eligibility (pp. 2-3, 15).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP182008_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 18, 2008 (date rendering on scan is partially degraded; month/year and order are legible) |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A arts petition for an actor/producer with work in Mexican film and political speaking (pp. 2, 15). |
Procedural posture | Nebraska Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed and expressly upheld the Director’s conclusions (pp. 2, 15-16). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; petition not approved (pp. 15-16). |
Final-merits status | Adverse final-merits conclusion: evidence showed talent as actor and producer but did not place beneficiary significantly above almost all others in the field (p. 15). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Evidence showed an acting career in Mexico and invitations as a political speaker, but the AAO found no qualifying three criteria and no evidence placing the beneficiary significantly above others in the field. It excluded post-filing evidence from establishing filing eligibility (pp. 2-3, 15).
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 met |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | not met |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
No identity/completeness hold. Printed date is visually recognizable but scan/OCR is degraded; verify source image for exact day if date is used in metadata.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: A case-specific FAQ can explain why being an actor/producer with speaking engagements does not itself prove the listed EB-1A criteria; cite the decision and preserve its 2008 framework.
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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