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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision NOV162005_24B2203: The appeal is dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). Review source status, procedural…
Decision summary: AAO decision NOV162005_24B2203: The appeal is dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). The AAO says the submission did not address the criteria or reasons for denial and provided no additional evidence.
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; the source identifies extraordinary-ability classification, but this decision does not reach EB-1A criterion or final-merits adjudication.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | NOV162005_24B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | November 16, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | Form I-140 extraordinary-ability classification under INA § 203(b)(1)(A) / EB-1A as printed; OCT152020_01B2203 and any case with visibly printed label are identified as Non-Precedent. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from a Vermont Service Center denial of an extraordinary-ability petition; petitioner is self-represented. The appeal asks that the case be considered again and states the petitioner’s work has gained recognition, but says no separate brief or evidence is being submitted. |
Operative disposition | The appeal is dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v). |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
The AAO says the submission did not address the criteria or reasons for denial and provided no additional evidence.
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 service-center conclusion about sustained acclaim is only recited; the AAO does not reach any EB-1A criterion or final-merits issue.", "The Director’s recited merits conclusion must not be attributed to the AAO as a merits finding."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
The service-center conclusion about sustained acclaim is only recited; the AAO does not reach any EB-1A criterion or final-merits issue.
The Director’s recited merits conclusion must not be attributed to the AAO as a merits finding.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1, date, classification, Vermont Service Center and self-represented status
p. 2, appeal letter and statement on no separate submission, specific-error discussion and ORDER
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: The short 2005/2007 summary dismissals may be grouped in a procedural explainer about failure to identify a specific error, no brief/evidence, or unfulfilled request for extra time, but each mechanism and any source date conflict must remain explicit. OCT152020_01B2203 belongs in a separate mootness/nonresponse subgroup because it has both later same-classification approval and failure to answer a NOID/RFE.
Editorial use note: Do not create an individual indexable page from this short procedural decision. Use only as a cited example in a source-reviewed procedural article after preserving its exact basis and any listed hold.
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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