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EB-1A motion disposition — AAO decision OCT262009_05B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT262009_05B2203: Appeal 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_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT262009_05B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Not stated in normalized review fields |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: The Form I-140 was filed without supporting evidence. AAO states petitioner submitted no evidence that beneficiary met any regulatory criterion. The petition specifically requested EB-1A; petitioner could not have the agency substitute a different classification after adjudication.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: AAO appeal or motion as described in source; director_findings: The Form I-140 was filed without supporting evidence. AAO states petitioner submitted no evidence that beneficiary met any regulatory criterion. The petition specifically requested EB-1A; petitioner could not have the agency substitute a different classification after adjudication. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'Petitioner submitted no evidence that beneficiary met any criterion under 8 C.F.R. § 204.5(h)(3) and did not establish sustained acclaim/distinction. AAO also explained the requested classification could not be changed to another category after adjudication. (pp. 4–5)', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]} |
Final-merits status | AAO found no evidence of any criterion and no distinction/sustained acclaim; petition was not approvable. (p. 4) |
What the AAO decision addressed
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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 met — 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 met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not met — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not met — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': False, 'fit': 'Exclude from substantive aggregation because the filing contained no supporting evidence and no field-specific merits analysis; at most a general procedural note about requested classification.', 'caveats': 'No evidence in the petition to support field-specific claims; decision explicitly says petitioner selected the requested classification.'}
Page-level source trail
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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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