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EB-1A appeal timeliness — AAO decision MAR122024_02B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed. Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR122024_02B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR122024_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2024-03-12 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Combined motion to reopen and reconsider following prior EB-1A denial; both motions dismissed; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: Combined motion to reopen and reconsider following prior EB-1A denial; both motions dismissed; director_findings: See decision-specific basis; AAO findings distinguished from Director findings. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed.', 'basis': 'AAO declined to excuse the untimely motion to reopen and found no new evidence establishing at least three criteria or proper cause to reconsider the prior decision. The matter concerns motion requirements and the evidence submitted with the motion, not a new merits adjudication.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | No new final-merits decision; this is a procedural motion adjudication. |
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 |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Procedural comparison only on untimely motions and new evidence; exclude from substantive merits/criterion outcome aggregation.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent, fact-specific decision. Remands and motion outcomes are not equivalent to new approvals. Exclude procedural motions from substantive criteria/outcome aggregation. Older decisions require temporal legal context.'}
Page-level source trail
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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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