Published AAO appeal decisions

A petitioner sought O-1A classification for a beneficiary writer, academic, curator, and poet. The AAO dismissed the appeal based on waived procedural issues: insufficient contract, failure to demonstrate events and activities, unmet advisory opinion requirement, and non-compliance with initial evidence thresholds.

A boutique pastry shop petitioned to classify its executive head pastry chef under O-1A extraordinary ability. The beneficiary claimed five criteria. The AAO found recommendation letters do not constitute required evidentiary forms, online publication does not meet major publication standard, and salary evidence was insufficient, dismissing the appeal.

An artist agent, who is also a professor of studio arts, petitioned for a fine artist under the O-1 classification for extraordinary ability in the arts. This is O-1B, not O-1A. The AAO dismissed the appeal because the evidence did not satisfy three of the alternative regulatory criteria.