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EB-1A remand — AAO decision APR052005_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision APR052005_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR052005_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Not stated in normalized review fields |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal from denial of EB-1A petition; redacted 2005 AAO decision.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Appeal from denial of EB-1A petition; redacted 2005 AAO decision.; director_findings: Only as described in the decision; underlying merits are not inferred for motion or remand outcomes. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'AAO finds the record did not establish a qualifying membership, published material about petitioner, original contributions of major significance, authorship of scholarly articles, or high salary; the decision also discusses discrepancies in the record.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | AAO finds the petitioner did not establish the initial threshold; the final merits stage was not reached. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
true
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': False, 'fit': 'Do not include in automated comparison/aggregation because of redactions, age and adverse factual allegations.', 'caveats': 'Old regulatory context; redactions; specific allegations should not be republished without careful legal review.'}
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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