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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision MAY202024_01B2203: The appeal is dismissed as moot because the petitioner had adjusted status to lawful…
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY202024_01B2203: The appeal is dismissed as moot because the petitioner had adjusted status to lawful permanent residence as of March 7, 2024. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY202024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2024-05-20 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: The decision states another immigrant petition was approved and status adjusted; although the petitioner had not withdrawn this appeal, the issues were moot and the appeal was dismissed.; citation_pages: 1; classification: moot_lpr; director_findings: The Director concluded the record did not establish a major internationally recognized award or evidence satisfying at least three of the ten criteria. The AAO did not determine criterion-by-criterion whether those alternatives were met. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'The appeal is dismissed as moot because the petitioner had adjusted status to lawful permanent residence as of March 7, 2024.', 'basis': 'The decision states another immigrant petition was approved and status adjusted; although the petitioner had not withdrawn this appeal, the issues were moot and the appeal was dismissed.', 'citation_pages': [1]} |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': 'moot_lpr', 'use': 'Potentially grouped with verified moot-dismissal cases to distinguish an appeal dismissed for later adjustment from a merits denial.', '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': 'The outcome of the unrelated petition is not evidence that this EB-1A petition succeeded. No criterion-level AAO analysis or final-merits review appears.'}
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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