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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision APR102012_01B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision APR102012_01B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Counsel did not challenge specific director findings or identify errors. Director’s findings recited: judging and authorship met; membership, published material, original contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary not met. AAO did not re-adjudicate those findings.
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: EB-1A in-scope; procedural dismissal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR102012_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 10, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal; summary dismissal. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial; appeal statement repeated evidence and broad eligibility claims. |
Operative disposition | Appeal summarily dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No AAO final-merits review in this decision. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Counsel did not challenge specific director findings or identify errors. Director’s findings recited: judging and authorship met; membership, published material, original contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary not met. AAO did not re-adjudicate those findings.
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 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover identifies EB-1A petition and April 10, 2012 date.; pages: 1
claim: Petitioner described as a real-estate company seeking to classify a beneficiary in business; appeal asserted awards, memberships, judging, contributions, published articles, leadership, and salary.; pages: 2
claim: Director found judging and authorship met; membership, published material, original contributions, leading/critical role, and high salary not met.; pages: 2
claim: Counsel did not identify specific error; promised brief/evidence was not submitted and appeal was summarily dismissed.; pages: 2; 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Not eligible as AAO criterion comparison; any use must explicitly attribute criterion findings to the director.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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