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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision APR172007_01B2203: Appeal withdrawn fraud finding. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision APR172007_01B2203: Appeal withdrawn fraud finding. The appeal was withdrawn, but AAO found the petitioner knowingly submitted fraudulent documents in an attempt to procure an immigration benefit and sustained a fraud finding.
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: Source is an AAO EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition proceeding; procedural/fraud-limited cases retain their stated caveats.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR172007_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 17, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability petition appeal / motion, as specified in procedural posture |
Procedural posture | EB-1A appeal dismissed at petitioner’s request, with a separate finding of knowing submission of fraudulent documents; non-merits procedural-integrity decision. |
Operative disposition | appeal_withdrawn_fraud_finding |
Final-merits status | The appeal was withdrawn and dismissed with a fraud finding; the order was not a routine criterion/final-merits decision. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The appeal was withdrawn, but AAO found the petitioner knowingly submitted fraudulent documents in an attempt to procure an immigration benefit and sustained a fraud finding.
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
"CONTENT HOLD: use only for a procedural-integrity / fraud summary; exclude purported achievements and criteria evidence from ordinary merits aggregates."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: AAO reviewed an EB-1A petition concerning claimed agricultural-science authorship and related credentials.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: AAO found plagiarized papers and a falsified certificate submitted to support the petition; petitioner did not provide the original materials when requested.; pages: 2; 3; 4; 5
claim: Counsel requested withdrawal of the appeal; AAO dismissed the appeal based on withdrawal but separately found knowing submission of fraudulent documents.; pages: 7; 8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: limited_procedural_integrity_only
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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