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EB-1A awards — AAO decision JAN162008_02B2203: Unverifiable from supplied PDF; source is held. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN162008_02B2203: Unverifiable from supplied PDF; source is held. Available text does not reach the operative disposition. Six trailing physical pages are blank.
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: hold_source_completeness. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN162008_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 16, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; page 2 describes athletics and the petition’s field as mountaineering and trekking. |
Procedural posture | Cover identifies AAO decision and EB-1A petition. Page 2 says the Vermont Service Center denied the petition and AAO appeal was pending; it starts the merits discussion and says criteria will be addressed below. Physical pages 3–8 are blank, so the remaining analysis and final disposition are missing. |
Operative disposition | Unverifiable from supplied PDF; source is held. |
Final-merits status | unclear |
What the AAO decision addressed
Available text does not reach the operative disposition. Six trailing physical pages are blank.
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 | unclear — source PDF |
Membership | unclear — source PDF |
Published material about the person | unclear — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | unclear — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | unclear — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | unclear — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | unclear — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | unclear — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | unclear — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | unclear — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
The 8-page PDF has only the cover and a partial discussion on physical pages 1–2; pages 3–8 are blank. The operative order and remaining criteria analysis are absent.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1 shows Jan. 16, 2008 cover, Vermont Service Center, and EB-1A petition.
p. 2 describes denial, appeal, athletics/mountaineering-and-trekking classification, says the director found acclaim insufficient, and begins criterion analysis.
pp. 3–8 are blank in the supplied physical PDF; no order is present.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Only aggregate by verified procedural mechanism and preserve distinctions between untimely appeal, motion jurisdiction/filing, summary dismissal, representative standing, and withdrawal/abandonment. Do not treat procedure-only records as criterion outcomes. Exclude source-held records from publication/comparison pending reconciliation.
Editorial use note: Hold pending authoritative source reconciliation.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Page 2 contains only the beginning of the opinion and ends mid-discussion.
PDF page 4 — Blank physical page visually inspected; no decision text visible.
PDF page 5 — Blank physical page visually inspected; no decision text visible.
PDF page 6 — Blank physical page visually inspected; no decision text visible.
PDF page 7 — Blank physical page visually inspected; no decision text visible.
PDF page 8 — Blank physical page visually inspected; no decision text visible.
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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