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| license: cc0-1.0 |
| tags: |
| - legal |
| pretty_name: EB1 |
| size_categories: |
| - 1K<n<10K |
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| # **USCIS Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) Decisions Dataset** |
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| ## **Dataset Summary** |
| This dataset contains publicly available **case decisions** from the **U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Administrative Appeals Office (AAO)**. The AAO reviews appeals related to various **immigration matters**, including: |
| - **EB-1A** (Extraordinary Ability) |
| - **EB-1B** (Outstanding Professors and Researchers) |
| - **EB-1C** (Multinational Executives & Managers) |
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| The dataset consists of **raw PDF documents** categorized by case type. These documents contain **full legal decisions** issued by USCIS. |
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| ## **Dataset Structure** |
| The dataset is organized into **folders based on case categories**. Each PDF file represents a **full case decision** from USCIS. |
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| Category: eb1a, Number of cases: 4565 |
| Category: eb1b, Number of cases: 309 |
| Category: eb1c, Number of cases: 3489 |
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| ## **Usage & Applications** |
| This dataset is useful for: |
| ✅ **Legal Research** – Analyzing trends in immigration case decisions. |
| ✅ **NLP & Machine Learning** – Training models for legal text classification and summarization. |
| ✅ **Search & Retrieval** – Creating a searchable database for immigration lawyers and researchers. |
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| ## **Licensing & Citation** |
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| Since USCIS content is part of U.S. government public domain, the dataset is released under the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (No Rights Reserved). |
| If you use this dataset, please cite USCIS as follows |
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| ## **Citation** |
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| ``` |
| @dataset{uscis_aao_cases, |
| title={USCIS Administrative Appeals Office Decisions Dataset}, |
| author={Manoj Dobbali}, |
| year={2025}, |
| url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/your_username/uscis_aao_cases}, |
| license={CC0 1.0} |
| } |
| ``` |
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| ## **Legal & Ethical Considerations** |
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| • The dataset does not contain personally identifiable information (PII). |
| • Users must verify the USCIS terms of use before redistributing. |
| • This dataset is for research purposes only and should not be used for commercial legal advice. |
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| ## **Contributing & Feedback** |
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| If you have any feedback, issues, or improvements for this dataset, feel free to open a discussion on Hugging Face or contact us. |
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| 📩 Contact: [mdobbali@mastercontrol.com] |
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| www.linkedin.com/in/dobbali |
