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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision SEP092010_01B9204: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP092010_01B9204: Appeal dismissed. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
Scope note: The source review classified this record as outside EB-1A merits scope. It is retained for corpus provenance and must not be used as an EB-1A criterion or eligibility example.
Scope classification from review: out_of_scope_non_eb1a. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP092010_01B9204 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2010-09-09 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal in Form I-360 self-petition proceedings under the battered-spouse provisions.; citation_pages: 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: Appeal in Form I-360 self-petition proceedings under the battered-spouse provisions. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed.', 'basis': 'The source concerns eligibility for a battered-spouse self-petition, including good-faith marriage and residence, not extraordinary ability. It is outside the EB-1A corpus scope and unsuitable for EB-1A SEO/AEO or criterion aggregation.', 'citation_pages': [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]} |
Final-merits status | EB-1A final merits is inapplicable; this is not an EB-1A decision. |
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 considered — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not considered — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — 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 considered — 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': False, 'fit': 'Out of scope for EB-1A content or comparison.', 'caveats': 'Do not classify or publish as an EB-1A decision.'}
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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