Direct answer: EB-1A Evidence Combinations: Withdrawal, mootness, and disposition limits organizes source-reviewed AAO material around one research question and links readers to the underlying decision records.

This topic is a research lens across the source-reviewed corpus. Candidate keyword matches are discovery aids only; each linked record retains its own procedural stage and the exact issue decided. This page makes no claim that keyword matches are a validated cohort or a legal rule.

How the case examples were selected

The linked decisions are examples for topic discovery from the completed source-review matrix. They do not represent every matching record, prove a universal standard, or establish an approval probability. Open each source and compare the issue, evidence, date, and procedural stage.

Source-reviewed decision examples

• JUN242005_07B2203 — The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
  Procedural comparison with appeals dismissed after a promised brief/evidence was not filed, distinct from cases where a brief was filed but substantively inadequate. Official decision PDF.

• NOV162005_28B2203 — The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
  Procedural comparison with short EB-1A appeal summary-dismissal decisions for failure to identify a specific legal/factual error or provide promised supporting materials; preserve each record’s actual mechanism. Official decision PDF.

• FEB282013_02B2203 — Appeal rejected as untimely filed.
  Procedural comparison with 30/33-day deadline cases; do not present as merits review. Official decision PDF.

• JUN142005_09B2203 — Appeal dismissed as moot.
  fit: narrow procedural example; reason: Can support a procedural explainer on mootness after adjustment through another employment category; no substantive criterion comparison. Official decision PDF.

• FEB062009_01B2203 — The appeal is dismissed based on the petitioner’s lawful permanent resident status.
  mootness after status adjustment Official decision PDF.

• MAR202023_01B2203 — The appeal is dismissed as moot because the petitioner requested that the current petition no longer form the basis for adjustment and instead sought transfer to the approved I-140.
  Keep as a distinct mootness example involving approval of a second EB-1A petition and a requested change in basis; it is not equivalent to the cases dismissed after completed LPR adjustment. Official decision PDF.

• APR222013_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed as moot after adjustment to lawful permanent resident status.
  fit: narrow procedural explainer on mootness after LPR adjustment through a separate employment-based petition; reason: Use only for the specific procedural point stated. No criterion-level comparative merits holding is supplied. Official decision PDF.

• JUL012016_01B2203 — Appeal summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v); no high-salary criterion merits determination was made.
  Procedural comparison only. Although the record names the high-salary criterion and Director’s evidence, it is not an AAO ruling on what establishes high salary. Nonprecedent. Official decision PDF.

• NOV032005_20B2203 — The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
  Procedural comparison with other summary dismissals involving no legally specific appeal argument. The idiosyncratic quoted statement is case-specific and should not be generalized. Official decision PDF.

• APR282005_08B2203 — The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
  Procedural comparison with appeals dismissed after promised supplemental briefing/evidence did not arrive. Official decision PDF.

• MAY032011_02B2203 — Appeal dismissed as moot.
  fit: narrow procedural example; reason: Could support an explainer on mootness after LPR status; no criterion/final-merits comparison. Official decision PDF.

• MAY242005_06B2203 — summary dismissal for failure to identify specific error
  medium-low Official decision PDF.

• MAR292012_01B2203 — The appeal is dismissed because the petitioner’s adjustment to lawful permanent resident status rendered the matter moot.
  Narrow comparison with mootness dismissals following LPR adjustment, keeping this distinct from procedural summary dismissals. Official decision PDF.

• NOV282005_02B2203 — Appeal dismissed as moot based on adjustment to lawful permanent-resident status.
  fit: limited procedural example; reason: May illustrate mootness from adjustment through another category; no EB-1A criteria finding. Official decision PDF.

• FEB022009_03B2203 — summary dismissal for failure to identify specific error; no criterion review
  low Official decision PDF.

• SEP192008_01B2203 — Appeal dismissed as moot based on lawful permanent-resident status.
  fit: limited procedural example; reason: Can illustrate mootness after LPR status; not an evidence or criteria comparison. Official decision PDF.

• MAR292006_02B2203 — The appeal is summarily dismissed under 8 C.F.R. § 103.3(a)(1)(v).
  Procedural comparison with other self-represented appeal summary dismissals based on absent arguments/evidence. Official decision PDF.

• MAY182005_06B2203 — The appeal is dismissed as moot based on lawful permanent resident status.
  mootness after status adjustment Official decision PDF.

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