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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision DEC142005_02B2203: The appeal is summarily dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC142005_02B2203: The appeal is summarily dismissed. The appeal was summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
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: in_scope_eb1a_procedural_record; no EB-1A criterion merits determination in this disposition.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC142005_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 14, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 extraordinary-ability classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A) / EB-1A, as stated in the source. |
Procedural posture | AAO decision on appeal from Vermont Service Center EB-1A denial; self-represented. The appeal letter asserted recognized reputation and a desire to spread the profession in the United States; no separate brief/evidence or specific challenge to the denial was submitted. |
Operative disposition | The appeal is summarily dismissed. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
The appeal was summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
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 |
Membership | not reached |
Published material about the person | not reached |
Judging the work of others | not reached |
Original contributions of major significance | not reached |
Scholarly authorship | not reached |
Artistic display or showcases | not reached |
Leading or critical role | not reached |
High salary or remuneration | not reached |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not reached |
Source holds and limits
["The Director’s stated findings, where mentioned, are reported as procedural background and are not AAO criterion holdings.", "No criterion state is inferred from the procedural result."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
The Director’s stated findings, where mentioned, are reported as procedural background and are not AAO criterion holdings.
No criterion state is inferred from the procedural result.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1, decision date, service center/case identifier, classification and appeal or motion posture.
p. 2, appeal history, summary-dismissal analysis, and ORDER.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: May be included in a procedural index with exact disposition labels, date, posture and source citations; do not merge distinct summary-dismissal grounds or equate a motion denial/remand with a merits denial.
Editorial use note: Eligible for source-linked procedural coverage only after normal editorial/legal review; no generated substantive EB-1A merits summary.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Visually inspected source page; cover/identity and legibility checked.
PDF page 2 — Visually inspected source page; procedural reasoning and final disposition legible.
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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