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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision FEB112009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB112009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
Scope note: The source review classified this record as outside EB-1A merits scope. It is retained for corpus provenance and must not be used as an EB-1A criterion or eligibility example.
Scope classification from review: out_of_scope_or_non_merits_procedural_record. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB112009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2009-05-11 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of a Form I-140; the petitioner requested a change in classification to outstanding researcher on appeal, which AAO did not permit.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Appeal of Nebraska Service Center denial of a Form I-140; the petitioner requested a change in classification to outstanding researcher on appeal, which AAO did not permit.; director_findings: As distinguished in source-specific disposition and basis. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'The decision explains that the filed petition requested extraordinary-ability classification, while the petitioner sought to change it to outstanding researcher on appeal. AAO found the request could not be treated as the requested classification within the existing petition and dismissed; it did not resolve a full EB-1A evidentiary merits case.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | The decision explains that the filed petition requested extraordinary-ability classification, while the petitioner sought to change it to outstanding researcher on appeal. AAO found the request could not be treated as the requested classification within the existing petition and dismissed; it did not resolve a full EB-1A evidentiary merits case. |
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 considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — 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': False, 'fit': 'Not eligible for substantive EB-1A criterion aggregation. Could support a narrow procedural explainer about classification requested on Form I-140 and limits on changing it on appeal.', 'caveats': 'Classification posture differs from a standard EB-1A merits appeal. Exclude from EB-1A success-rate/criterion aggregates and label as procedural only.'}
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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