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EB-1A awards — AAO decision MAY102024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; Director’s dismissal of combined motions upheld (p. 5). Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY102024_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; Director’s dismissal of combined motions upheld (p. 5). Awards, membership and judging issues were abandoned because not pursued on appeal. New salary evidence arose after filing and could not establish eligibility at filing. Original-contributions letters were vague and did not show major field impact; motion requirements were not met. AAO did not directly decide the underlying petition merits or conduct final merits (pp. 2–5).
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_with_motion_scope_caveat. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY102024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | May 10, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability in business; petitioner is a process engineering manager (p. 1). |
Procedural posture | Appeal from dismissal of combined motions to reopen and reconsider the underlying Form I-140 denial; underlying denial itself was not appealed in this proceeding (pp. 1–2). |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; Director’s dismissal of combined motions upheld (p. 5). |
Final-merits status | Not coded in the normalized review fields |
What the AAO decision addressed
Awards, membership and judging issues were abandoned because not pursued on appeal. New salary evidence arose after filing and could not establish eligibility at filing. Original-contributions letters were vague and did not show major field impact; motion requirements were not met. AAO did not directly decide the underlying petition merits or conduct final merits (pp. 2–5).
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 | abandoned |
Membership | abandoned |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Abandoned or waived — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not met |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | not met |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
"Petitioner/employer redacted; criteria labels include abandoned items. Clearly distinguish appeal of motion dismissal from appeal of original denial."
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p1: Cover identifies business petition, process engineering manager, motion-appeal posture.; p2: AAO states the underlying denial is not before it; lists six claims, three abandoned and Director’s single criterion finding.; p3: Motion-to-reopen standard; post-filing compensation cannot establish eligibility as of filing.; p4: Original contributions analysis: general letters lacked specific field impact and major significance.; p5: Motion-to-reconsider basis and conclusion; underlying denial not directly reviewed; appeal dismissed.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful procedural case on abandonment, evidence postdating filing, and strict separation between a motion appeal and underlying merits review. Eligible only for a motion-procedure summary; identify underlying findings as context, not current AAO adjudication.
Editorial use note: Eligible only for a motion-procedure summary; identify underlying findings as context, not current AAO adjudication.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Cover identifies business petition, process engineering manager, motion-appeal posture.
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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