AAO research
EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision APR052010_01B2203: Motion to reopen and motion to reconsider dismissed; prior AAO decision affirmed. Review source…
Decision summary: AAO decision APR052010_01B2203: Motion to reopen and motion to reconsider dismissed; prior AAO decision affirmed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR052010_01B2203 |
|---|---|
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: Combined motion following an earlier appeal dismissal. The motion submitted later articles and information concerning wine competitions/events, arguing the materials related to a 2006 Tierre wine event and predated the petition. AAO found the material was not new because it existed and could have been submitted earlier, and the filing did not establish legal/policy error in the prior decision.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: combined_motion_reopen_reconsider_dismissed_no_new_evidence; director_findings: Combined motion following an earlier appeal dismissal. The motion submitted later articles and information concerning wine competitions/events, arguing the materials related to a 2006 Tierre wine event and predated the petition. AAO found the material was not new because it existed and could have been submitted earlier, and the filing did not establish legal/policy error in the prior decision. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Motion to reopen and motion to reconsider dismissed; prior AAO decision affirmed.', 'basis': 'Evidence was previously available and did not qualify as new facts; the motion to reconsider did not demonstrate error in the prior decision.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | 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 reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'fit': 'motion_new_facts_previously_available_wine_event', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Narrow motion-practice example on evidence that existed before filing and could have been submitted earlier; not a new EB-1A merits holding.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural dismissal, rejection, or remand as approval or a completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer criterion outcomes beyond those expressly stated.', 'Do not treat explicitly nonprecedent decisions as binding authority.', 'Keep EB-5 and EB-1B/NIW records out of EB-1A content and comparisons.'], 'caveat': 'Use only narrow findings in the cited pages and disclose historical context; exclude non-EB-1A records from EB-1A landing pages and analytics.'}
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.
Related corpus research
Full-corpus research index
Remand research
Browse the AAO decision index · Read EB-1A evidence guides · Review source and correction methodology.