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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision DEC062010_01B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC062010_01B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. No criterion adjudication by AAO; summary dismissal because petitioner did not identify a specific erroneous conclusion (pp. 2–3). Final merits not reached.
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Scope classification from review: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC062010_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 6, 2010 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability. |
Procedural posture | The Director denied the petition after discussing evidence under five criteria. On appeal, counsel referred generally to prizes, published articles and judging evidence, but did not address particular findings or state a specific factual or legal error. No further evidence or brief was submitted. AAO summarily dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Appeal summarily dismissed. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
No criterion adjudication by AAO; summary dismissal because petitioner did not identify a specific erroneous conclusion (pp. 2–3). Final merits not reached.
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 considered |
Membership | not considered |
Published material about the person | not considered |
Judging the work of others | not considered |
Original contributions of major significance | not considered |
Scholarly authorship | not considered |
Artistic display or showcases | not considered |
Leading or critical role | not considered |
High salary or remuneration | not considered |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not considered |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
No criterion adjudication by AAO; summary dismissal because petitioner did not identify a specific erroneous conclusion (pp. 2–3). Final merits not reached.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: The Director’s underlying evidence discussion is not an AAO criterion holding.
Editorial use note: Eligible for carefully scoped, citation-rich content; identify nonprecedent status and exact posture.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Director’s five criterion review and vague appeal assertions; specific-error rule.
PDF page 3 — Concludes no specific factual/legal error and summarily dismisses.
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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