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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision MAY162005_01B2203: Earlier decision withdrawn; petition approved. Review source status, procedural posture and the…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY162005_01B2203: Earlier decision withdrawn; petition approved. 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 | MAY162005_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2005-06-02 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: AAO granted a motion to reopen following an earlier denial and reconsidered the record. It found the beneficiary met the lesser nationally/internationally recognized awards criterion (CUNA awards), leading/critical role criterion (executive role at a distinguished credit union), and high-salary criterion (remuneration compared to others in the field). AAO found sustained national acclaim and recognition of achievements, and approved the petition.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: motion_to_reopen_granted_and_petition_approved; director_findings: AAO granted a motion to reopen following an earlier denial and reconsidered the record. It found the beneficiary met the lesser nationally/internationally recognized awards criterion (CUNA awards), leading/critical role criterion (executive role at a distinguished credit union), and high-salary criterion (remuneration compared to others in the field). AAO found sustained national acclaim and recognition of achievements, and approved the petition. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Earlier decision withdrawn; petition approved.', 'basis': 'AAO found three criteria satisfied—awards, leading/critical role, and high salary—and concluded the beneficiary established sustained national acclaim and recognition of achievements in the field.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | met |
What the AAO decision addressed
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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 | met — 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 | met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'fit': 'three_criteria_awards_leadership_salary_positive', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Useful historical positive example on three distinct criteria and explicit approval. Keep the original dated context and do not present as binding precedent or current policy.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural dismissal, rejection, or remand as approval or a completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer criterion outcomes beyond those expressly stated.', 'Do not treat explicitly nonprecedent decisions as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'Use only the source’s narrow finding and cited pages; historical decisions require date/context disclosure.'}
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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