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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision SEP022009_10B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP022009_10B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Counsel did not identify specific director error or provide evidence/argument addressing the regulatory criteria; appeal assertions alone did not meet summary dismissal standard.
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; no independent criterion merits determination.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP022009_10B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 2, 2009 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A appeal; summary dismissal. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Texas Service Center denial; counsel listed four broad grounds but supplied no supplemental evidence despite promise. |
Operative disposition | Appeal summarily dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
Counsel did not identify specific director error or provide evidence/argument addressing the regulatory criteria; appeal assertions alone did not meet summary dismissal standard.
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 petition in athletics and date September 2, 2009.; pages: 1
claim: Director found no major internationally recognized award and fewer than three criteria; appeal asserted lack of opportunity, different outcome if documents considered, misused discretion, and more than three criteria.; pages: 2
claim: No supplemental evidence or specific examples of error were supplied; counsel did not challenge director’s criterion analysis, so appeal was summarily dismissed.; pages: 2; 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Procedural-only explainer; exclude from substantive criterion aggregates.
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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