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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision OCT312022_01B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed; prior decision affirmed; petition…
Decision summary: AAO decision OCT312022_01B2203: Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed; prior decision affirmed; petition remains denied. The motion did not show error in the immediately preceding decision or provide new facts/evidence. Prior AAO analysis had found award and membership evidence insufficient; petitioner continued to rely on matters already considered.
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 successive motion; criterion findings are recited from earlier decisions.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | OCT312022_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | October 31, 2022 |
Classification / field stated in source | Fifth combined motion to reopen and reconsider; dismissed |
Procedural posture | Director denied petition for failure to establish a major award or three criteria; earlier appeal and four motions were denied. Current motion repeated claims relating to awards and membership, reusing prior evidence. |
Operative disposition | Motion to reopen dismissed; motion to reconsider dismissed; prior decision affirmed; petition remains denied. |
Final-merits status | No new final-merits determination; prior petition denial remained. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The motion did not show error in the immediately preceding decision or provide new facts/evidence. Prior AAO analysis had found award and membership evidence insufficient; petitioner continued to rely on matters already considered.
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 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: Decision dated October 31, 2022 identifies petitioner as martial-arts instructor and this as a fifth combined motion.; pages: 1
claim: Earlier AAO appeal and four motions were denied; director had found no one-time award or three criteria.; pages: 1
claim: Prior AAO decision found claimed awards and membership did not meet the criteria; current motion supplied no new evidence addressing that analysis.; pages: 2; 3
claim: Both motions dismissed and petition remains denied.; pages: 2; 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Procedural only; exclude from independent criterion/outcome aggregation.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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