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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision MAR052018_01B2203: Motion to reopen denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR052018_01B2203: Motion to reopen denied. No criteria are adjudicated anew in this eighth motion. Petitioner’s assertions about awards, judging, and scholarly articles are claims; the current decision rejects them as previously submitted evidence rather than conducting initial-criteria review (pp. 1–3).
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR052018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 5, 2018 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability in education; petitioner is a former professor. |
Procedural posture | Eighth motion to reopen. Petitioner asserted that previously recognized judging and scholarly-article criteria, plus newly referenced awards evidence, showed eligibility. AAO stated the diploma of merit and letter submitted on the motion had been submitted before and therefore were not new facts; motion did not meet reopening standard. |
Operative disposition | Motion to reopen denied. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
No criteria are adjudicated anew in this eighth motion. Petitioner’s assertions about awards, judging, and scholarly articles are claims; the current decision rejects them as previously submitted evidence rather than conducting initial-criteria review (pp. 1–3).
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 considered |
Membership | not considered |
Published material about the person | not considered |
Judging the work of others | not considered |
Original contributions of major significance | not considered |
Scholarly authorship | not considered |
Artistic display or showcases | not considered |
Leading or critical role | not considered |
High salary or remuneration | not considered |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not considered |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
No criteria are adjudicated anew in this eighth motion. Petitioner’s assertions about awards, judging, and scholarly articles are claims; the current decision rejects them as previously submitted evidence rather than conducting initial-criteria review (pp. 1–3).
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Retain eighth-motion posture and do not frame repeated evidence as satisfying criteria.
Editorial use note: May support carefully scoped, source-cited procedural or evidentiary guidance; clearly label as nonprecedent and preserve procedural posture.
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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