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EB-1A membership — AAO decision FEB132020_01B2203: Motion dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO Motion dismissed The motion did not show proper cause to reopen or reconsider; the previously adverse underlying appeal determination remained in place.
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: Printed decision identifies a Form I-140 EB-1A extraordinary-ability proceeding.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB132020_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 13, 2020 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 petition appeal; motion posture only where expressly identified. |
Procedural posture | Combined motion to reopen and reconsider a prior AAO appeal decision; motion dismissed. |
Operative disposition | Motion dismissed |
Final-merits status | Motion-stage adjudication; AAO dismissed without a fresh final-merits analysis of the petition. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The motion did not show proper cause to reopen or reconsider; the previously adverse underlying appeal determination remained in place.
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 | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 6 |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | |
Commercial success in the performing arts |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: This is a motion decision, not a new merits appeal; AAO applied the regulatory motion requirements and considered the prior decision within the motion’s scope.; pages: 1; 2; 3
claim: AAO rejected motion-stage published-material, membership, leading-role, and original-contribution arguments; new awards and judging assertions were not reached as newly raised claims outside the proper motion basis.; pages: 3; 4; 5; 6; 7
claim: The order dismisses the combined motion; the decision does not conduct a new formal final-merits determination.; pages: 7; 8
How this record may be used in research
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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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