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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision JUL272007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; approval remains revoked. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision JUL272007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; approval remains revoked. Petitioner asked for additional time and alleged former counsel withheld the original application, but did not identify specific error in revocation decision or offer evidence addressing regulatory criteria; no supplemental brief/evidence arrived for more than 13 months.
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 procedural appeal dismissal; Director’s initial approval was later revoked and current AAO decision did not review criteria merits.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUL272007_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | July 27, 2007 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A procedural appeal dismissal; Director’s initial approval was later revoked and current AAO decision did not review criteria merits. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of revocation of initially approved EB-1A petition; appeal summarily dismissed because petitioner sought more time to reconstruct evidence but did not address revocation grounds or provide evidence. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; approval remains revoked. |
Final-merits status | not reached by current AAO decision |
What the AAO decision addressed
Petitioner asked for additional time and alleged former counsel withheld the original application, but did not identify specific error in revocation decision or offer evidence addressing regulatory criteria; no supplemental brief/evidence arrived for more than 13 months.
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 EB-1A I-140 at Texas Service Center dated July 27, 2007.; pages: 1
claim: Director initially approved petition, later revoked approval May 24, 2006 after notice of intent to revoke; AAO appeal was summarily dismissed.; pages: 2
claim: Petitioner asked for more time to reconstruct evidence and alleged counsel did not provide the original application, but submitted no specific argument/evidence challenging revocation.; pages: 2; 3
claim: AAO dismissed appeal; petitioner had not specifically addressed revocation grounds or provided additional evidence.; pages: 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Narrow procedural explainer on appeals needing specific arguments/evidence and the limits of open-ended extensions; accurately preserve that the petition had been initially approved then revoked.
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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