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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision JUL172012_05B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed; prior appeal dismissal affirmed.…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL172012_05B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed; prior appeal dismissal affirmed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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: in_scope_eb1a_decision_or_related_proceeding. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL172012_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2012-07-17 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Combined motion to reopen and motion to reconsider following prior dismissal of an EB-1A appeal; the underlying appeal denial remained in force.; citation_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Combined motion to reopen and motion to reconsider following prior dismissal of an EB-1A appeal; the underlying appeal denial remained in force. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed; prior appeal dismissal affirmed.', 'basis': 'The AAO held the motions did not meet procedural requirements. The prior appeal had found awards, published material and leading/critical role unmet; high salary had been abandoned. Proposed new material was not shown to be previously unavailable, and the motion did not identify a legal or factual error. The opinion expressly treats final merits as a next step that would follow only if three criteria were established.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]} |
Final-merits status | This is a procedural motion decision. The AAO says final merits would be the next step only if three criteria were established; that threshold was not met. |
What the AAO decision addressed
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Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
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Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | Not met — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Procedural comparison on motions to reopen/reconsider, new-evidence availability and attempts to relitigate underlying EB-1A criteria.', 'caveats': 'Do not present as a fresh merits adjudication; use the underlying appeal for full original criterion findings.'}
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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