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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision OCT012013_01B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT012013_01B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Counsel did not identify specific factual or legal errors; brief/evidence promised within 30 days was not received after more than four months.
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: EB-1A in-scope; procedural dismissal.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT012013_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 1, 2013 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal; summary dismissal. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial; counsel asserted original contributions and broad eligibility without substantive error argument. |
Operative disposition | Appeal summarily dismissed. |
Final-merits status | No criterion or final-merits findings by AAO; director’s criterion analysis is not independently reviewed. |
What the AAO decision addressed
Counsel did not identify specific factual or legal errors; brief/evidence promised within 30 days was not received after more than four months.
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 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover identifies EB-1A appeal dated October 1, 2013.; pages: 1
claim: The director denied a cardiologist’s petition after finding fewer than three criteria and sustained acclaim unestablished.; pages: 2
claim: Appeal asserted that original contributions and other evidence established eligibility but did not explain specific error in director’s criterion analyses.; pages: 2
claim: No promised brief or evidence was received; appeal summarily dismissed.; pages: 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Procedural-only; do not represent criteria as met.
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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