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EB-1A remand — AAO decision OCT172012_01B2203: Appeal rejected. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT172012_01B2203: Appeal rejected. 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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT172012_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2012-10-17 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal rejected because the underlying Form I-140 lacked the petitioner’s required signature. No merits or criteria adjudication.; citation_pages: 2; 3; classification: appeal_rejected_underlying_i140_unsigned_by_petitioner; director_findings: Texas Service Center denied the petition on March 5, 2012. AAO found the Form I-140 had been electronically submitted and certified only by counsel; it was not signed by the petitioner as required. A preparer’s signature is not a substitute for the petitioner’s declaration under penalty of perjury. The underlying petition was improperly filed, so it could not be pursued on appeal; appeal rejected. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal rejected.', 'basis': 'The petitioner did not sign the Form I-140; counsel/preparer’s certification could not substitute for the petitioner’s signature under the form and regulations.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3]} |
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': 'petition_signature_filing_defect', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Procedural explainer on a petitioner’s required signature on Form I-140 and the difference between petitioner and preparer certifications.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural dismissal, rejection, or remand as approval or a completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer criteria outcomes beyond those expressly stated.', 'Do not treat explicitly nonprecedent decisions as binding authority.'], 'caveat': 'Use only the cited holding; this decision does not support broader conclusions than described.'}
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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