A self-represented practitioner of alternative medicine sought extraordinary ability classification. The director found sustained acclaim not established. On appeal the petitioner offered only a general statement about helping people's health, with no argument or evidence on the regulatory criteria, so the AAO summarily dismissed the appeal without analyzing any criterion.

A self-represented petitioner sought extraordinary ability classification but submitted an appellate submission without arguments, evidence, or brief addressing regulatory criteria. The AAO summarily dismissed the appeal for failure to identify erroneous conclusions of law or statement of fact.

A self-represented petitioner sought EB-1A extraordinary ability classification, and the service center found sustained acclaim was not established. On appeal the petitioner made a brief, unclear statement and submitted no brief or evidence. The AAO summarily dismissed the appeal because no specific error of law or fact was identified.

Folk artist petitioner claimed extraordinary ability. Petitioner failed to submit evidence addressing regulatory criteria and did not respond adequately to director's request for documentation. AAO summarily dismissed appeal for lack of substantive arguments and insufficient evidence.