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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision MAR282023_01B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed. Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR282023_01B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed. Documents did not qualify as new facts supporting existing eligibility claims; new membership claim could not be raised for first time on motion. Petitioner did not identify specific legal/policy error in prior decision.
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 procedural motion; two prior criterion findings are recited but not newly adjudicated.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR282023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | March 28, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | Combined motion to reopen and reconsider; dismissed |
Procedural posture | Prior denial and appeal concluded only two criteria met. Current motion included documents about a patent, employment, event acceptance, and a membership, but largely corroborated earlier-submitted evidence; new membership evidence raised an eligibility claim for the first time in a motion. |
Operative disposition | Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No new final-merits review; prior petition remained denied. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Documents did not qualify as new facts supporting existing eligibility claims; new membership claim could not be raised for first time on motion. Petitioner did not identify specific legal/policy error in prior decision.
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: Decision dated March 28, 2023 concerns sound engineer/technical director after prior denial and appeal; only two criteria had been found met.; pages: 1
claim: Motion submitted documents concerning patent, employment, event, channel work and membership.; pages: 2
claim: Most documents corroborated evidence already submitted; membership was a new eligibility claim, which cannot be raised for the first time on motion.; pages: 2
claim: Motion to reopen and motion to reconsider dismissed.; pages: 1; 2; 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Procedural only; exclude from independent criterion aggregation.
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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