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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB012013_01B2203: Withdrawn appeal with misrepresentation finding. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB012013_01B2203: Withdrawn appeal with misrepresentation finding. Although the appeal was withdrawn, the AAO found that the petitioner knowingly submitted false evidence about receipt of two awards to procure an immigration benefit and entered a separate willful-material-misrepresentation finding.
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: Complete EB-1A AAO decision or related proceeding reviewed from assigned source PDF; no publication or CMS changes.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB012013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2013-02-01 |
Classification / field stated in source | Nonprecedent AAO EB-1A appellate or related proceeding |
Procedural posture | Appeal withdrawn; AAO separately entered a finding of willful material misrepresentation concerning award evidence. |
Operative disposition | withdrawn_appeal_with_misrepresentation_finding |
Final-merits status | Not reached; appeal was withdrawn and AAO addressed misrepresentation, not EB-1A final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Although the appeal was withdrawn, the AAO found that the petitioner knowingly submitted false evidence about receipt of two awards to procure an immigration benefit and entered a separate willful-material-misrepresentation finding.
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 | |
Membership | Not reached — p. 2 |
Published material about the person | Not reached — p. 2 |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — p. 2 |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — p. 2 |
Artistic display or showcases | Not reached — p. 2 |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — p. 2 |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — p. 2 |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — p. 2 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Although the appeal was withdrawn, the AAO found that the petitioner knowingly submitted false evidence about receipt of two awards to procure an immigration benefit and entered a separate willful-material-misrepresentation finding.; pages: 2; 7
claim: Decision date, caption/classification and field verified from the source PDF.; pages: 1
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: caveats: Do not summarize as a merits denial alone: the order dismisses the appeal based on withdrawal and separately finds willful material misrepresentation.; eligible_for_aggregation: True; eligible_for_individual_decision_page: True; reason: Narrow procedural comparison on withdrawal of an appeal, award-document inconsistencies and the AAO’s separate material-misrepresentation finding.; recommended_use: A source-cited decision page or tightly scoped aggregation preserving date, field, procedural posture, exact criterion states and whether final merits was reached.
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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