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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP282005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP282005_01B2203: Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). Award certificates lacked proof of national/international recognition, certified translations and attribution of group award; association requirements/expert review not shown; leading role/reputation of troupe not established. Sustained acclaim absent, including no evidence of field-related work for five years, and no evidence of planned U.S. work (physical pp. 3–6).
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_appeal_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP282005_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 28, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; Chinese Peking Opera actor (Lao-Sheng role). |
Procedural posture | AAO appeal from Vermont Service Center denial; self-represented petitioner. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed (physical p. 6). |
Final-merits status | Final aggregate merits review performed; AAO finds no sustained acclaim/top-of-field, also citing lack of evidence of performance work in the U.S. over five years (physical pp. 5–6). |
What the AAO decision addressed
Award certificates lacked proof of national/international recognition, certified translations and attribution of group award; association requirements/expert review not shown; leading role/reputation of troupe not established. Sustained acclaim absent, including no evidence of field-related work for five years, and no evidence of planned U.S. work (physical pp. 3–6).
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 met |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | not met |
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 use physical PDF page numbers; printed page number noted in page-by-page record where legible.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow comparison for historical performing-arts awards, association membership rules, and sustained-acclaim continuity; old 2005 record and China Peking Opera context must remain explicit. Publish as historically contextualized AAO decision summary; avoid presenting dated evidentiary practices as current policy without separate current-law verification.
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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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