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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision SEP132010_04B9204: Appeal dismissed; good-moral-character determination withdrawn, but qualifying…
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP132010_04B9204: Appeal dismissed; good-moral-character determination withdrawn, but qualifying relationship/eligibility not established (pp. 2, 5–8). This file is not an EB-1A Form I-140 decision and contains no EB-1A evidentiary-criteria or final-merits analysis. It appears in the assigned B2 EB-1A source folder but is categorically out of scope for the EB-1A corpus.
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_misclassified_source. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP132010_04B9204 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 13, 2010 |
Classification / field stated in source | Self-petitioner seeking immigrant classification as a battered spouse / person subjected to extreme cruelty under INA section 204(a)(1)(B)(ii). |
Procedural posture | Appeal from denial of Form I-360; AAO withdrew part and affirmed part of the director’s decision. |
Operative disposition | Appeal dismissed; good-moral-character determination withdrawn, but qualifying relationship/eligibility not established (pp. 2, 5–8). |
Final-merits status | Not applicable; no EB-1A final-merits analysis. |
What the AAO decision addressed
This file is not an EB-1A Form I-140 decision and contains no EB-1A evidentiary-criteria or final-merits analysis. It appears in the assigned B2 EB-1A source folder but is categorically out of scope for the EB-1A corpus.
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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not coded — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
Source holds and limits
["Out-of-scope source misclassification: actual Form I-360/VAWA decision under INA 204(a)(1)(B)(ii), not EB-1A. Inventory/folder classification should be corrected."]
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–8
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Exclude from EB-1A case summaries, criterion comparisons, and EB-1A SEO aggregation. Correct source classification and route metadata before any use. Quarantine as misclassified/out-of-scope; do not publish as an EB-1A decision.
Editorial use note: Quarantine as misclassified/out-of-scope; do not publish as an EB-1A decision.
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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