AAO research
EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision DEC182012_05B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed; revocation stands. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC182012_05B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed; revocation stands. Appellate statement did not identify an erroneous conclusion of law or fact, did not specifically address director’s findings, and promised additional brief/evidence never arrived.
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: EB-1A procedural appeal concerning revocation.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC182012_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 18, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal of revocation; summary dismissal |
Procedural posture | Previously approved petition was revoked after NOIR/NOR for failure to establish sustained national/international acclaim. Appeal form made only generic statements that evidence was sufficient and law/policy misapplied; no specific error or follow-up evidence. |
Operative disposition | Appeal summarily dismissed; revocation stands. |
Final-merits status | Not reached by AAO in this procedural disposition; any underlying director findings are recited rather than re-adjudicated. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appellate statement did not identify an erroneous conclusion of law or fact, did not specifically address director’s findings, and promised additional brief/evidence never arrived.
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 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover dated December 18, 2012 identifies EB-1A petition.; pages: 1
claim: Director initially approved petition, later issued NOIR/NOR and revoked approval based on failure to show sustained acclaim; appeal form statements were generic.; pages: 2
claim: No specific erroneous conclusion was identified and no promised brief/evidence arrived; AAO summarily dismissed appeal.; pages: 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Procedural-only; exclude from criterion/outcome aggregation.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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.
Related corpus research
Full-corpus research index
Published material about the person research
Leading or critical role research
Performance sector research
Summary Dismissal research
Revocation research
Browse the AAO decision index · Read EB-1A evidence guides · Review source and correction methodology.