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AAO EB-1A decision JUL282009_04B2203: Appeal arguments

AAO EB-1A decision JUL282009_04B2203: Appeal arguments

EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision JUL282009_04B2203: summary dismissal for failure to identify specific error. Review source status, procedural…

Decision summary: AAO decision JUL282009_04B2203: summary dismissal for failure to identify specific error.

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; no individual EB-1A criterion or final-merits disposition is established in this AAO decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.

Decision snapshot

Decision ID

JUL282009_04B2203

Decision date as printed

July 28, 2009

Classification / field stated in source

EB-1A extraordinary ability in business.

Procedural posture

Nebraska Service Center denial appealed. Petitioner promised brief/additional evidence within 30 days; more than ten months passed without further documentation. Director had found no showing petitioner would continue work in extraordinary-ability area, prospective substantial benefit to United States, or sustained acclaim. AAO summarily dismisses because appeal failed to identify specific error under 8 C.F.R. 103.3(a)(1)(v).

Operative disposition

summary dismissal for failure to identify specific error

Final-merits status

not reached

What the AAO decision addressed

summary dismissal for failure to identify specific error

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 three stated denial grounds are Director findings recited as background; AAO did not analyze business criteria individually or decide final merits.", "Director-level conclusions recited by AAO are attributed background unless the AAO expressly adopts a general eligibility conclusion; no individual criterion states are inferred."]

Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer

  • The three stated denial grounds are Director findings recited as background; AAO did not analyze business criteria individually or decide final merits.

  • Director-level conclusions recited by AAO are attributed background unless the AAO expressly adopts a general eligibility conclusion; no individual criterion states are inferred.

Source-cited findings recorded in review

  • p. 2 contains scope, attributed Director findings, no follow-up, and order; p. 1 cover/date/classification.

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: Group summary dismissals for failure to identify a specific error separately from untimely appeal rejections; separate revocation appeals from ordinary appeal deadlines. The two categories answer procedural questions, not substantive EB-1A eligibility.

Editorial use note: Potential inclusion in a source-cited procedural index after editorial review; do not present as substantive criterion 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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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for JUL282009_04B2203