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EB-1A appeal disposition — AAO decision SEP292008_02B2203: Appeal rejected as improperly filed. Review source status, procedural posture and the official…
Decision summary: AAO decision SEP292008_02B2203: Appeal rejected as improperly filed. Filing party was consultant without established status as attorney, foreign attorney authorized for this appearance, or BIA-accredited representative; no standing/legal authority established.
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_procedural_record. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | SEP292008_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | September 29, 2008 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; petitioning entity is a recruiting-management business seeking classification for a beneficiary. |
Procedural posture | Texas Service Center denied for failure to establish sustained acclaim. Appeal was filed by a consultant (International Business Support, LLC), not petitioner/authorized representative. AAO issued notice and gave 15 days to respond with proof of authority; no response received after more than three months. |
Operative disposition | Appeal rejected as improperly filed. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
Filing party was consultant without established status as attorney, foreign attorney authorized for this appearance, or BIA-accredited representative; no standing/legal authority established.
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 |
Membership | not considered |
Published material about the person | not considered |
Judging the work of others | not considered |
Original contributions of major significance | not considered |
Scholarly authorship | not considered |
Artistic display or showcases | not considered |
Leading or critical role | not considered |
High salary or remuneration | not considered |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not considered |
Source holds and limits
["No EB-1A criterion determination is made by AAO."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
No EB-1A criterion determination is made by AAO.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
p. 1 identifies date and EB-1A petition.
p. 2 identifies recruiting-management business petitioner, consultant filer, relevant representative rules and notice.
p. 3 states no response, lack of authority/standing, and rejection order.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Only aggregate by verified procedural mechanism and preserve distinctions between untimely appeal, motion jurisdiction/filing, summary dismissal, representative standing, and withdrawal/abandonment. Do not treat procedure-only records as criterion outcomes. Exclude source-held records from publication/comparison pending reconciliation.
Editorial use note: May be summarized as a procedural record with page citations; do not imply criterion merits.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 2 — Page 2 includes representative status and notice chronology.
PDF page 3 — Page 3 concludes filing/standing analysis and order.
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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