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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision APR232013_01B2203: Motions dismissed; October 22, 2012 AAO decision affirmed; petition remains denied. Review source…
Decision summary: AAO decision APR232013_01B2203: Motions dismissed; October 22, 2012 AAO decision affirmed; petition remains denied. No supported new facts; evidence including articles dated December 2011-September 2012 was available before prior filing deadline, and translation/resume material was not shown unavailable. Reconsideration did not identify factual/legal error or pertinent authority.
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 successive procedural motion; no criterion adjudication.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR232013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 23, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | Combined motion to reopen and reconsider; dismissed |
Procedural posture | Prior AAO dismissed appeal October 22, 2012, finding appeal failed to identify specific error or fact. Current motion omitted statement about judicial proceedings, repeated prior arguments, and included late-dated/undated materials without establishing they were new. |
Operative disposition | Motions dismissed; October 22, 2012 AAO decision affirmed; petition remains denied. |
Final-merits status | No final-merits review. |
What the AAO decision addressed
No supported new facts; evidence including articles dated December 2011-September 2012 was available before prior filing deadline, and translation/resume material was not shown unavailable. Reconsideration did not identify factual/legal error or pertinent authority.
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: Decision dated April 23, 2013 concerns motions after October 22, 2012 AAO summary dismissal of an EB-1A appeal.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Required statement about judicial proceedings was omitted; AAO nevertheless reviewed arguments to the extent framed as reconsideration.; pages: 2
claim: Motion presented no evidence unavailable during earlier proceeding; articles were dated before January 2011 filing deadline for prior motion, while other evidence was previously submitted or undated.; pages: 3
claim: Both motions dismissed and prior AAO decision affirmed.; pages: 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Procedural only; exclude from criterion and merits aggregation.
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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