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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision APR102013_01B2203: Appeal rejected. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision APR102013_01B2203: Appeal rejected. Petitioner filed a second Form I-290B checking appeal, with a brief repeating earlier arguments; AAO had instructed petitioner to file motion to reopen/reconsider. Filing did not meet motion requirements and AAO has no jurisdiction over appeal of its own decision.
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 procedural jurisdiction/motion decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR102013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 10, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A procedural jurisdiction/motion decision. |
Procedural posture | Second purported appeal of AAO’s own July 23, 2012 decision; AAO held it lacked jurisdiction over appeal of its own decision and filing did not satisfy motion requirements. |
Operative disposition | Appeal rejected. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
Petitioner filed a second Form I-290B checking appeal, with a brief repeating earlier arguments; AAO had instructed petitioner to file motion to reopen/reconsider. Filing did not meet motion requirements and AAO has no jurisdiction over appeal of its own decision.
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 I-140 and AAO decision dated April 10, 2013.; pages: 1
claim: AAO had affirmed Director’s denial and dismissed first appeal on July 23, 2012; second Form I-290B filed August 13, 2012 as another appeal.; pages: 2
claim: AAO lacked jurisdiction over appeal from its own decision; filing’s brief substantially repeated prior appeal and did not satisfy motion requirements.; pages: 2
claim: AAO rejected the second appeal.; pages: 2
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow explainer about correct post-AAO remedy and jurisdiction; do not present as a merits decision.
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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