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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision MAR302018_01B2203: The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). Review source status…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAR302018_01B2203: The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). 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.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAR302018_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2018-03-30 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: The petitioner’s appeal statement did not specifically identify an erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact; the petitioner had said a brief or additional evidence would follow, but the AAO had received nothing further.; citation_pages: 1; classification: summary_dismissal; director_findings: The Director denied the petition. The AAO page does not describe the Director’s substantive criterion or final-merits analysis. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).', 'basis': 'The petitioner’s appeal statement did not specifically identify an erroneous conclusion of law or statement of fact; the petitioner had said a brief or additional evidence would follow, but the AAO had received nothing further.', 'citation_pages': [1]} |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
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 | 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 |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'fit': 'summary_dismissal', 'use': 'Narrow procedural comparison about the stated basis for summary dismissal of an appeal that did not identify a specific legal or factual error.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not label this disposition as an AAO merits denial or merits approval.', 'Do not infer any criterion-level finding or final-merits outcome unless the decision explicitly states it.', 'Do not treat this non-precedent individual decision as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'Do not turn this historical disposition into current legal advice or claim that the AAO affirmed the Director on the merits. No individual criterion was reviewed here.'}
Page-level source trail
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How to use this record
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