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EB-1A motions to reconsider — AAO decision NOV022005_12B2203: The appeal is dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV022005_12B2203: The appeal is dismissed. Appeal summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
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_eb1a_procedural_record; this decision does not adjudicate EB-1A criteria on the merits.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV022005_12B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 2, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 extraordinary-ability classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A) / EB-1A, as stated in the source. |
Procedural posture | Vermont Service Center EB-1A appeal; self-represented. The petitioner generally claimed distinguished reputation and asked for reconsideration, without arguments/evidence addressing the regulatory criteria or a specific challenge to the denial. |
Operative disposition | The appeal is dismissed. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
Appeal summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
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 |
Membership | not reached |
Published material about the person | not reached |
Judging the work of others | not reached |
Original contributions of major significance | not reached |
Scholarly authorship | not reached |
Artistic display or showcases | not reached |
Leading or critical role | not reached |
High salary or remuneration | not reached |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not reached |
Source holds and limits
["The Director’s background conclusions and petitioner/counsel assertions are not AAO criterion holdings.", "Every criterion and final merits are not reached in this procedural disposition."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
The Director’s background conclusions and petitioner/counsel assertions are not AAO criterion holdings.
Every criterion and final merits are not reached in this procedural disposition.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1, decision date, office/file heading and classification/posture as printed.
p. 2, procedural discussion, governing rule, and operative ORDER.
How this record may be used in research
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Editorial use note: Eligible for procedural-only coverage after ordinary editorial review; keep primary PDF linked.
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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