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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision JAN102012_06B2203: Second appeal rejected. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN102012_06B2203: Second appeal rejected. AAO has no appellate jurisdiction over its own decisions, and the filing did not identify itself as a motion to reopen or reconsider.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_eb1a_procedural_record. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN102012_06B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 10, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A under INA section 203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | This is a second appeal after AAO summarily dismissed the first appeal for failure to specify error and then denied a request to reopen after finding the claimed mailing/submission error unsupported by evidence. Counsel filed another appeal from AAO’s own decision; filing did not indicate a motion. AAO says it lacks appellate jurisdiction over its own decisions. |
Operative disposition | Second appeal rejected. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO has no appellate jurisdiction over its own decisions, and the filing did not identify itself as a motion to reopen or reconsider.
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 |
Membership | not considered |
Published material about the person | not considered |
Judging the work of others | not considered |
Original contributions of major significance | not considered |
Scholarly authorship | not considered |
Artistic display or showcases | not considered |
Leading or critical role | not considered |
High salary or remuneration | not considered |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not considered |
Source holds and limits
["Underlying eligibility and criterion evidence are not decided in this second-appeal decision."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Underlying eligibility and criterion evidence are not decided in this second-appeal decision.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1 shows Jan. 10, 2012 and EB-1A petition.
p. 2 recounts first appeal and reopening request, jurisdiction over AAO decisions, absence of motion designation, and rejection.
How this record may be used in research
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Editorial use note: May be summarized as a procedural record with page citations; do not imply criterion merits.
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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