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EB-1A appeal arguments — AAO decision SEP282005_04B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP282005_04B2203: Appeal summarily dismissed. AAO found petitioner did not specifically address the Director’s reasons or provide additional evidence.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_EB1A_AAO_decision_no_precedent_status_asserted. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP282005_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 28, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A Form I-140; extraordinary ability in the arts; petitioner’s appeal says she is an opera singer |
Procedural posture | Vermont Service Center denial appealed by self-represented petitioner. Appeal stated that petitioner could submit more evidence and asserted that she was among a small percentage of opera singers at the top of the field; AAO noted Form I-290B did not indicate further documentation would follow and none arrived for more than eleven months. |
Operative disposition | Appeal summarily dismissed. |
Final-merits status | Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found petitioner did not specifically address the Director’s reasons or provide additional 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 |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached |
Artistic display or showcases | Not reached |
Leading or critical role | Not reached |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached |
Source holds and limits
status:
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
“Opera singer” and top-of-field statement are from petitioner’s appeal; AAO did not assess the assertion.
Underlying Director analysis is not reproduced.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: The cover identifies the AAO decision date as September 28, 2005.; pages: 1
claim: The petition is identified as: EB-1A Form I-140; extraordinary ability in the arts; petitioner’s appeal says she is an opera singer.; pages: 2
claim: Vermont Service Center denial appealed by self-represented petitioner. Appeal stated that petitioner could submit more evidence and asserted that she was among a small percentage of opera singers at the top of the field; AAO noted Form I-290B did not indicate further documentation would follow and none arrived for more than eleven months.; pages: 2
claim: AAO found petitioner did not specifically address the Director’s reasons or provide additional evidence.; pages: 2
claim: Operative order: Appeal summarily dismissed.; pages: 2
How this record may be used in research
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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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