武术专业人士 · EB-1A 杰出人才：上诉驳回（2023年3月20日）

案件背景

申请人本人为武术专业人士，自行申请以杰出能力类别进行移民分类；原申请为表格I-140（外籍劳工移民申请，杰出能力）。

审理经过

1. 初次决定

   德克萨斯服务中心主任拒绝该申请，认定记录未能证明申请人满足《联邦法规汇编》第8编第204.5(h)(3)条十项证据标准中的至少三项。

   核对原文依据

   The Director of the Texas Service Center denied the petition, concluding the record did not establish that the Petitioner met at least three of the ten required evidentiary criteria at 8 C.F.R. § 204.5(h)(3 ).

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2. 上诉

   申请人于2022年1月就德克萨斯服务中心的决定提出上诉。

   核对原文依据

   After the date this appeal was filed in January 2022

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3. 上诉

   上诉提交后，行政上诉办公室收到申请人来信，称另一份以杰出能力类别为其申请的表格I-140已于2022年4月22日获批；美国公民及移民服务局记录确认该表格I-140是在本次上诉日期之后为申请人获批的。

   核对原文依据

   we received correspondence from the Petitioner stating that another Form 1-140, petitioning for immigrant status as an individual with extraordinary ability, was approved on his behalf on April 22, 2022.

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   United States Citizenship and Immigration Services records confirm that this Fo1m 1-140 was approved on behalf of the Petitioner following the date of this appeal.

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4. 上诉

   申请人在信中请求将待决的身份调整申请所依据的基础从当前I-140转移至已获批的I-140。

   核对原文依据

   The Petitioner stated in his letter to us that it "request[ s] a transfer of the Underlying Basis from the initial 1-140 [the current petition] ... to the approved 1-140 Petition for the following 1 pending Applications to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status."

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5. 上诉

   行政上诉办公室以申请人请求当前申请不再作为其身份调整基础为由，认定继续处理本上诉已无实际意义，并驳回上诉。

   核对原文依据

   As such, given the Petitioner's request that the current petition longer form a basis of his adjustment, further pursuit of this matter is now moot.

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   ORDER: The appeal is dismissed.

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逐项证据分析

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阅读提示与适用边界

以下为基于本案的材料核对提示，不是 AAO 对其他案件的裁定。

• 阅读提示：可核对申请人致行政上诉办公室的信件及美国公民及移民服务局记录，确认另一份I-140的获批日期为2022年4月22日，以及申请人明确请求将身份调整基础转移至该已获批申请；该事实是本次认定上诉无实际意义的依据。
  核对原文依据

  another Form 1-140, petitioning for immigrant status as an individual with extraordinary ability, was approved on his behalf on April 22, 2022.

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• 阅读提示：本次决定未对杰出能力十项证据标准作重新认定；原审关于未满足至少三项标准的结论仅作为程序背景，不能据此推断本次已对证据标准作出实质判断。
  核对原文依据

  The Director of the Texas Service Center denied the petition, concluding the record did not establish that the Petitioner met at least three of the ten required evidentiary criteria at 8 C.F.R. § 204.5(h)(3 ).

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• 阅读提示：行政上诉办公室明确表示对I-140转移至不同I-485及身份调整无管辖权；本次驳回上诉不涉及对身份调整申请的处理。
  核对原文依据

  We note that as an appellate office, we have no jurisdiction over the "transfer" of Forms I-140 to different Forms I-485, nor do we have jurisdiction over the adjustment of status.

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