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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision JAN172007_02B2203: summary dismissal; AAO concurs with general three-criterion threshold finding. Review source…
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN172007_02B2203: summary dismissal; AAO concurs with general three-criterion threshold finding.
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; criterion/final-merits status assessed only from the available source.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN172007_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 17, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability under INA 203(b)(1)(A). |
Procedural posture | Vermont Service Center denial after petitioner did not respond to NOID within allotted 30 days. AAO concurs with Director’s finding that petitioner failed to establish at least three criteria; appeal did not specifically challenge findings or provide promised brief/evidence after more than nine months. AAO summarily dismisses under 8 C.F.R. 103.3(a)(1)(v). |
Operative disposition | summary dismissal; AAO concurs with general three-criterion threshold finding |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
summary dismissal; AAO concurs with general three-criterion threshold finding
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
["AAO adopts the general threshold conclusion but no individual criteria are named or adjudicated in this short decision; no final-merits review.", "No individual criterion state is inferred from director-level general findings or procedural disposition."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
AAO adopts the general threshold conclusion but no individual criteria are named or adjudicated in this short decision; no final-merits review.
No individual criterion state is inferred from director-level general findings or procedural disposition.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 2 states NOID/nonresponse, Director finding and AAO concurrence, absence of appeal evidence, and order; p. 1 date/classification.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Group only by distinct procedural mechanism: motion requirements/timeliness; ordinary untimely appeal; summary dismissal for failure to identify error; remand for consideration of NOID response. Exclude held/incomplete cases until reconciled.
Editorial use note: Potential inclusion in source-cited procedural index after editorial review; do not frame as criterion-merits precedent.
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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