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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision APR292009_04B2203: The appeal is dismissed as moot because the petitioner was granted lawful permanent…
Decision summary: AAO decision APR292009_04B2203: The appeal is dismissed as moot because the petitioner was granted lawful permanent residence on May 13, 2008. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR292009_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2009-04-29 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Page 2 records the LPR grant and states further pursuit was moot; the order dismisses the appeal based on LPR status.; citation_pages: 1; 2; classification: moot_lpr; director_findings: The Director determined the petitioner had not established the sustained national or international acclaim necessary for classification. The AAO did not review this merits issue in the moot appeal. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'The appeal is dismissed as moot because the petitioner was granted lawful permanent residence on May 13, 2008.', 'basis': 'Page 2 records the LPR grant and states further pursuit was moot; the order dismisses the appeal based on LPR status.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2]} |
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': 'moot_lpr', 'use': 'Potentially grouped with verified moot-dismissal decisions, distinguishing the case-specific later LPR status from any merits determination.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not label this disposition as an AAO merits denial or merits approval.', 'Do not infer any criterion-level finding or final-merits outcome unless the decision explicitly states it.', 'Do not treat this non-precedent individual decision as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'No AAO criterion-level finding or final-merits decision appears.'}
Page-level source trail
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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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