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EB-1A awards — AAO decision SEP292008_07B2203: AAO found no major internationally recognized award and fewer than the required three criteria; aggregate…
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP292008_07B2203: AAO found no major internationally recognized award and fewer than the required three criteria; aggregate evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing (pp. 18-19).
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_EB1A_source_reviewed. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP292008_07B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 29, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A petition in the arts for a graphic designer; source addresses work in graphic design and design/creative production (pp. 2, 17). |
Procedural posture | Vermont Service Center denial appealed; AAO dismissed (p. 2; order p. 19). |
Operative disposition | AAO found no major internationally recognized award and fewer than the required three criteria; aggregate evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing (pp. 18-19). |
Final-merits status | No separate final-merits step after failure of three-criterion threshold; AAO separately states aggregate evidence did not establish sustained acclaim/top-of-field standing (pp. 18-19). |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found no major internationally recognized award and fewer than the required three criteria; aggregate evidence did not establish sustained acclaim or top-of-field standing (pp. 18-19).
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 |
Published material about the person | not met |
Judging the work of others | not met |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
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 holds and limits
No source identity, completeness, or integrity hold. Public copy redacts claimant identities; no identifying inference should be added.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Possible topic: why commercial creative work and positive letters alone did not satisfy the record-specific criteria; this is a nonprecedent decision and should not be generalized.
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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