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EB-1A remand — AAO decision MAR112009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR112009_01B2203: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR112009_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2009-03-11 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: AAO appeal of denied EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: AAO appeal of denied EB-1A petition; appeal dismissed; director_findings: See decision-specific basis; AAO findings distinguished from Director/SCOPS findings. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'The petitioner sought classification as a skilled worker/hair stylist, while the filing and appeal did not establish eligibility for the specifically requested EB-1A category; the decision also rejects changing classification on appeal and finds the substantive record inadequate.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | The appeal was dismissed; the decision focuses on classification and petition requirements rather than a complete EB-1A criterion-by-criterion merits review. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Membership | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
true
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': False, 'fit': 'Limited procedural reference for classification requested on Form I-140; exclude from ordinary EB-1A substantive outcome comparisons.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent, fact-specific decision. Remand is not approval. Exclude procedural/classification cases from substantive merits outcome aggregation. Historical records require legal-temporal context.'}
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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