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AAO EB-1A decision DEC142005_04B2203: Appeal arguments

AAO EB-1A decision DEC142005_04B2203: Appeal arguments

EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision DEC142005_04B2203: The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). Review source status…

Decision summary: AAO decision DEC142005_04B2203: The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). p. 2 recounts no arguments/evidence addressing the pertinent criteria, the petitioner’s statement that no separate brief/evidence would be filed, and orders dismissal.

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Decision snapshot

Decision ID

DEC142005_04B2203

Decision date as printed

December 14, 2005

Classification / field stated in source

EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal/AAO action as printed in source; for JAN072026_03B2203, source terminology is recorded separately and preserved in its posture and caveat.

Procedural posture

Appeal from a Vermont Service Center EB-1A denial. The decision attributes the conclusion that sustained acclaim was not established to the Director.

Operative disposition

The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).

Final-merits status

not reached

What the AAO decision addressed

p. 2 recounts no arguments/evidence addressing the pertinent criteria, the petitioner’s statement that no separate brief/evidence would be filed, and orders dismissal.

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 service-center merits conclusion is reported, not affirmed by substantive AAO analysis."]

Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer

  • The service-center merits conclusion is reported, not affirmed by substantive AAO analysis.

Source-cited findings recorded in review

  • p. 1, cover/instruction page

  • p. 2, DISCUSSION and ORDER

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: Procedural comparison with appeals dismissed because no specific error or supporting appellate record was provided. Do not create an individual indexable page from this short procedural decision. It may be used only as a source-cited example in a broader procedural explainer after the relevant comparison set is fully reviewed.

Editorial use note: Do not create an individual indexable page from this short procedural decision. It may be used only as a source-cited example in a broader procedural explainer after the relevant comparison set is fully reviewed.

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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Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for DEC142005_04B2203