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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP282005_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP282005_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Record did not establish sustained acclaim or three criteria. The award, judging, authorship/publication, performance and commercial-success evidence was insufficient; passport occupation was “Manager” despite the claimed profession, creating an unresolved credibility/identity concern.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP282005_11B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 28, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field claimed: Peking Opera performance. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of an extraordinary-ability petition. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | "not reached; fewer than three criteria and sustained acclaim not established." |
What the AAO decision addressed
Record did not establish sustained acclaim or three criteria. The award, judging, authorship/publication, performance and commercial-success evidence was insufficient; passport occupation was “Manager” despite the claimed profession, creating an unresolved credibility/identity concern.
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 coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not 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 met |
Source holds and limits
["Identity/occupation conflict is not resolved. Exclude from ordinary thematic synthesis; retain only with explicit source-conflict context."]
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 2–4; evidence discussion pp. 3–4; operative order p. 4.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Potential cautionary comparator for single local judging events, weak award recognition, and evidence gaps; identity discrepancy must be prominent. hold_identity_conflict
Editorial use note: hold_identity_conflict
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Petition field and denial/appeal posture; governing standard.
PDF page 3 — Reviews award, judging, authorship and evidence; deficiencies in proof/recognition.
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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