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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision JUL162013_01B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL162013_01B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. The appeal did not specify an erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact. Judging, contributions, and authorship were only allegations and were not analyzed on their evidentiary merits.
Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.
Scope classification from review: EB-1A in-scope; procedural dismissal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL162013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 16, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal; summary dismissal for failure to identify a specific error. |
Procedural posture | Appeal; counsel stated a brief/evidence would follow, but none was received after six months. |
Operative disposition | Appeal summarily dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
The appeal did not specify an erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact. Judging, contributions, and authorship were only allegations and were not analyzed on their evidentiary merits.
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover identifies nonprecedent AAO decision dated July 16, 2013; EB-1A I-140 appeal.; pages: 1
claim: Petitioner is described as a professor of philosophy and Islamic studies; appeal made conclusory eligibility claims and counsel promised a brief/additional evidence.; pages: 2
claim: No brief or additional evidence was received after six months; AAO summarily dismissed because no specific error was identified.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Judging, original contributions, and authored/published books or articles are referenced only as claims, not adjudicated criterion findings.; pages: 2
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Suitable for a procedural explainer; do not describe the mentioned criteria as met or not met.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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