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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY082015_02B2203: dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY082015_02B2203: dismissed. The petitioner did not identify legal or policy error in prior decisions or show that new evidence warranted reopening. Prior findings on awards, membership, published material, original contributions, and leading/critical role were not disturbed; motion to reconsider dismissed, and filing would also fail as a motion to reopen.
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: The source identifies an EB-1A petition appeal or motion. The 2015 motion is in scope for procedural analysis, not as a new merits decision.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY082015_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 8, 2015 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary-ability motion |
Procedural posture | Second motion to reconsider (with new evidence); prior appeal and motions had been dismissed; current motion dismissed. |
Operative disposition | dismissed |
Final-merits status | This is a motion disposition; the AAO reviewed whether the prior decision was erroneous or reopening warranted, not a new final-merits adjudication. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The petitioner did not identify legal or policy error in prior decisions or show that new evidence warranted reopening. Prior findings on awards, membership, published material, original contributions, and leading/critical role were not disturbed; motion to reconsider dismissed, and filing would also fail as a motion to reopen.
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 met — p. 3 |
Membership | |
Published material about the person | |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not met — p. 5 |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The matter was a second motion to reconsider after the underlying appeal and earlier motions had been dismissed; current motion was dismissed.; pages: 2; 6
claim: The motion did not show qualifying award evidence or that the prior awards analysis was legally erroneous.; pages: 3
claim: Membership evidence did not establish qualifying admission based on outstanding achievement judged by recognized experts.; pages: 3; 4
claim: Published-material evidence remained deficient as to material about the petitioner, certified translation, and major-media status; original-contribution Google results and letters did not show field-wide significance.; pages: 4; 5
claim: Letters/listed activities did not establish a leading/critical role for distinguished organizations or identify error in prior rulings.; pages: 5; 6
claim: The AAO dismissed the motion to reconsider and stated it would also be dismissed if treated as a motion to reopen.; pages: 6
How this record may be used in research
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Page-level source trail
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PDF page 7 — Final source page visually checked; operative order and outcome are pinpointed above.
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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