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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision SEP112012_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP112012_11B2203: Appeal dismissed. Petitioner asserted generally that he had judging, research presentations/publications, and leading/critical role, but did not identify specific errors in Director’s analysis or explain supporting evidence.
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 procedural summary dismissal; no criterion or final-merits analysis by AAO.. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP112012_11B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 11, 2012 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A procedural summary dismissal; no criterion or final-merits analysis by AAO. |
Procedural posture | Appeal of Texas Service Center EB-1A denial; summary dismissal for failure to specifically challenge Director’s findings. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed. |
Final-merits status | not reached by current AAO decision |
What the AAO decision addressed
Petitioner asserted generally that he had judging, research presentations/publications, and leading/critical role, but did not identify specific errors in Director’s analysis or explain supporting evidence.
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 I-140 at Texas Service Center, dated September 11, 2012.; pages: 1
claim: Director found extraordinary ability/sustained acclaim and top-of-field eligibility not established.; pages: 2
claim: Petitioner asserted judging, research selection/presentations/publications, and leading/critical roles but did not point to specific errors or explain evidence.; pages: 2
claim: AAO summarily dismissed appeal.; pages: 2; 3
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Possible narrow explainer on appeal specificity; list alleged categories as petitioner assertions only, never as criteria found met.
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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