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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision JUL192023_01B2203: combined motions to reopen and reconsider dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL192023_01B2203: combined motions to reopen and reconsider dismissed.
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 | JUL192023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 19, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; petitioner identified as a martial artist. |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center denied in November 2018 for failure to establish three of ten criteria; AAO dismissed appeal and six subsequent motions. Current combined motions to reopen/reconsider relied on a statement, no other evidence, reargued eligibility without identifying factual/legal/policy error in February 10, 2023 decision or new facts. AAO dismisses both motions; underlying petition remains denied. |
Operative disposition | combined motions to reopen and reconsider dismissed |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
combined motions to reopen and reconsider dismissed
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
["The source reports the Director’s threshold finding only; this motion decision does not analyze any criterion individually or reach final merits.", "No individual criterion state is inferred from director-level general findings or procedural disposition."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
The source reports the Director’s threshold finding only; this motion decision does not analyze any criterion individually or reach final merits.
No individual criterion state is inferred from director-level general findings or procedural disposition.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1 states classification, prior procedural history and basis; p. 2 explains no new facts/error and orders both motions dismissed.
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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