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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision OCT052020_05B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT052020_05B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed. 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_eb1a_decision_or_related_motion. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT052020_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2020-10-05 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Motion to reopen before the Administrative Appeals Office following denial of an EB-1A appeal.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Motion to reopen before the Administrative Appeals Office following denial of an EB-1A appeal. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Motion to reopen dismissed.', 'basis': 'The AAO found the new evidence submitted with the motion did not overcome the prior findings on awards, published material, judging, and leading/critical role. It dismissed the motion to reopen; this is a procedural motion decision and does not newly adjudicate every underlying criterion.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | Procedural motion ruling; no new final-merits determination. |
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 met — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Procedural comparison on motion-to-reopen evidence in an EB-1A sports case, not a fresh merits comparator.', 'caveats': 'Use the underlying initial appeal for substantive merits and treat only motion posture as newly decided.'}
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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