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EB-1A awards — AAO decision FEB132025_01B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision FEB132025_01B2203: dismissed. On motion, awards were no longer asserted; leading/critical role had been waived on appeal; membership, published material, and original contributions were not established by the new evidence. Scholarly-article claim had been waived on appeal. This was a motion disposition, not a new final-merits adjudication.
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: The source identifies an EB-1A petition appeal or motion. Motion decisions are eligible for procedural analysis, not as a new merits adjudication.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB132025_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 13, 2025 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability motion |
Procedural posture | Combined motion to reopen and reconsider AAO appeal decision; both motions dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | Motion adjudication addressed new facts and alleged legal/policy error in the prior decision; it was not a new final-merits review. |
What the AAO decision addressed
On motion, awards were no longer asserted; leading/critical role had been waived on appeal; membership, published material, and original contributions were not established by the new evidence. Scholarly-article claim had been waived on appeal. This was a motion disposition, not a new final-merits adjudication.
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 met — p. 3 |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | met — p. 2 |
Original contributions of major significance | |
Scholarly authorship | |
Artistic display or showcases | met — p. 2 |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Petitioner was a salsa dancer, choreographer, and instructor; the matter was a combined motion after AAO had dismissed a prior appeal.; pages: 1; 2
claim: Underlying Director decision counted judging and artistic display; prior appeal found awards, membership, published material, original contributions, and leading/critical role unestablished; leading/critical role was waived on appeal.; pages: 2; 3
claim: On motion, petitioner no longer asserted awards; new membership evidence did not establish outstanding-achievement criteria or expert review.; pages: 2; 3
claim: New articles/interview evidence lacked required authorship, publication reach, and other qualifying information; published-material criterion was not established.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Letters about dance training, choreography, students, and civic recognition did not detail original contributions or demonstrate major significance in salsa dancing.; pages: 4; 6
claim: AAO dismissed both motion to reopen and motion to reconsider.; pages: 6; 7
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: eligible_motion_procedure_only
Page-level source trail
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PDF page 1 — Caption/date/classification/field/posture visually checked.
PDF page 7 — Final source page visually checked; operative order/outcome are pinpointed above.
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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