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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision DEC192011_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision DEC192011_02B2203: Appeal dismissed. Director found no sustained acclaim/top-of-field eligibility. Counsel alleged inadequate review under criteria (i), (iv), (vii), and (x), but did not explain error; promised detailed brief was not filed within more than 15 months.
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 summary dismissal; no criterion merits determination by AAO.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | DEC192011_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 19, 2011 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A procedural summary dismissal; no criterion merits determination by AAO. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial; summarily dismissed because counsel did not specifically challenge findings and promised brief/evidence was never received. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | not reached by current AAO decision; any Director findings mentioned are procedural history only |
What the AAO decision addressed
Director found no sustained acclaim/top-of-field eligibility. Counsel alleged inadequate review under criteria (i), (iv), (vii), and (x), but did not explain error; promised detailed brief was not filed within more than 15 months.
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 identifies EB-1A I-140, Nebraska Service Center, self-represented? cover names counsel field but no counsel details visible; date December 19, 2011.; pages: 1
claim: Director found petitioner failed to establish extraordinary ability and final-merits/top-of-field standard.; pages: 2
claim: Counsel asserted inadequate review of criteria (i), (iv), (vii), and (x), then promised detailed brief; AAO received nothing more than 15 months after appeal filed March 8, 2010.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO summarily dismissed for failure to identify specific error or support eligibility.; pages: 2; 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Could support narrow appeal-preservation explainer; avoid presenting alleged criteria as met/not met by AAO.
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.
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