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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision JUN252012_02B2203: Appeal rejected. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision JUN252012_02B2203: Appeal rejected. The attorney was not eligible to practice in the District of Columbia and was not an affected party with standing; appeal was not filed by petitioner or another entity with legal standing.
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 classification, but appeal rejection prevents merits consideration.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | JUN252012_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | June 25, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A I-140 appeal; appeal rejected as improperly filed. |
Procedural posture | Appeal signed/filed by an attorney whose bar status was inactive; petitioner was self-represented in cover notation. |
Operative disposition | Appeal rejected. |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
The attorney was not eligible to practice in the District of Columbia and was not an affected party with standing; appeal was not filed by petitioner or another entity with legal standing.
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, Texas Service Center, and June 25, 2012.; pages: 1
claim: AAO states the appeal was filed by an attorney without proper standing and sets out filing and affected-party rules.; pages: 2
claim: Bar records showed counsel inactive; AAO concluded the appeal was not properly filed by a legally entitled party and rejected it.; pages: 3
How this record may be used in research
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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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