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EB-1A remand — AAO decision AUG212012_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision AUG212012_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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: in_scope_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | AUG212012_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2012-08-21 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal dismissed. The appeal did not address specific criterion and final-merits findings or explain the promised supporting brief/evidence; no further submission arrived.; citation_pages: 1; 2; classification: Summary dismissal; no specific error identified_missing_promised_brief; director_findings: Director denied, finding fewer than three initial criteria and that petitioner had not shown sustained acclaim. Director found submitted events did not showcase work and organization roles were not leading/critical. Petitioner’s appeal generally claimed major-media newspaper articles and performance at a festival/conference without explaining how events showcased work or roles met the test, and did not challenge final-merits finding. Petitioner promised brief/evidence within 30 days; nearly a year later none arrived. AAO summarily dismissed. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'The appeal did not address specific criterion and final-merits findings or explain the promised supporting brief/evidence; no further submission arrived.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2]} |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
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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': 'summary_dismissal_events_roles', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Potential comparison of appeal argument specificity for events/roles; attribute underlying findings to Director, and do not present them as an AAO merits ruling.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural dismissal, rejection, or remand as approval or a completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer criterion results beyond those expressly recited in the decision.', 'Do not treat remand as approval.', 'Do not treat explicitly nonprecedent decisions as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'No criterion-by-criterion AAO merits decision or final-merits determination.'}
Page-level source trail
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How to use this record
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