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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision JAN222018_02B2203: The AAO summarily dismisses under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision JAN222018_02B2203: The AAO summarily dismisses under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). p. 1, opening discussion, appeal-basis paragraphs, and ORDER.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JAN222018_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | January 22, 2018 |
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 | Geomorphologist petitioner appealed Nebraska Service Center denial of an EB-1A Form I-140. The decision says no specific error was identified and no promised brief or additional evidence was received. |
Operative disposition | The AAO summarily dismisses under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
p. 1, opening discussion, appeal-basis paragraphs, 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
["No substantive criterion analysis appears; the procedural dismissal does not affirm a criterion-specific merits rationale.", "This case is one non-precedent administrative record and does not establish a general prediction about other petitions."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
No substantive criterion analysis appears; the procedural dismissal does not affirm a criterion-specific merits rationale.
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, opening discussion, appeal-basis paragraphs, and ORDER
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: summary dismissal for inadequate appeal specification 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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