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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision FEB022017_01B2203: Motion to reopen denied; motion to reconsider denied. Review source status, procedural posture…
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB022017_01B2203: Motion to reopen denied; motion to reconsider denied. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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: in_scope_eb1a_decision_or_related_proceeding. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB022017_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2017-02-02 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Joint motion to reopen and motion to reconsider an earlier AAO dismissal of an EB-1A appeal.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Joint motion to reopen and motion to reconsider an earlier AAO dismissal of an EB-1A appeal. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Motion to reopen denied; motion to reconsider denied.', 'basis': 'The AAO upheld its prior adverse findings on association membership, published material, judging, original contributions, leading/critical role and high salary; the new reopening evidence did not overcome the prior decision. No fresh initial-evidence or final-merits adjudication occurred.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]} |
Final-merits status | This is a procedural motion decision reviewing whether the earlier decision contained error or new evidence warranted reopening; it does not conduct a new final-merits analysis. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not met — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Procedural comparison on motions to reopen/reconsider and evidence of engineering contributions, organizational role and compensation.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent; use the original AAO appeal for the full merits record.'}
Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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