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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision JAN042023_01B2203: The AAO dismisses the appeal as moot because of the petitioner’s adjusted status. Review…
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN042023_01B2203: The AAO dismisses the appeal as moot because of the petitioner’s adjusted status. p. 1, statement of Director’s conclusion, mootness discussion, and ORDER.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN042023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 4, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability Form I-140 appeal/AAO action as printed in source; a non-precedent label is recorded only for documents whose page visibly says “Non-Precedent Decision.” |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140. The decision reports that the Director found fewer than three of ten initial criteria established, but AAO records showed the petitioner adjusted to permanent resident status through another proceeding; the AAO therefore treated further pursuit as moot. |
Operative disposition | The AAO dismisses the appeal as moot because of the petitioner’s adjusted status. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
p. 1, statement of Director’s conclusion, mootness discussion, and ORDER
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 reached |
Membership | not reached |
Published material about the person | not reached |
Judging the work of others | not reached |
Original contributions of major significance | not reached |
Scholarly authorship | not reached |
Artistic display or showcases | not reached |
Leading or critical role | not reached |
High salary or remuneration | not reached |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not reached |
Source holds and limits
["The fewer-than-three-criteria statement is attributed to the Director. The AAO does not review or adopt that merits conclusion in this decision; do not count it as an AAO finding.", "This case is one non-precedent administrative record and does not establish a general prediction about other petitions."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
The fewer-than-three-criteria statement is attributed to the Director. The AAO does not review or adopt that merits conclusion in this decision; do not count it as an AAO finding.
This case is one non-precedent administrative record and does not establish a general prediction about other petitions.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1, statement of Director’s conclusion, mootness discussion, and ORDER
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: mootness after status adjustment Do not create an individual indexable page from this short procedural decision; consider only as a cited example in a broader page after more source-grounded cases are reviewed.
Editorial use note: Do not create an individual indexable page from this short procedural decision; consider only as a cited example in a broader page after more source-grounded cases are reviewed.
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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