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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision APR092026_01B2203: SCOPS decision withdrawn; matter remanded. Review source status, procedural posture and…
Decision summary: The AAO {‘outcome’: ‘SCOPS decision withdrawn; matter Remanded.’, ‘basis’: ‘The appeal contested a finding that there was no one-time major award and that fewer than three criteria were met. AAO found SCOPS had not adequately addressed evidence for judging (including startup pitch competitions) and Remanded for consideration of all material evidence and a final-merits analysis if initial criteria are satisfied.’, ‘citation_pages’: [1, 2, 3, 4]} The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR092026_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Not stated in normalized review fields |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal of SCOPS denial; AAO Remanded for consideration of judging and other evidence and a complete totality analysis; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: Appeal of SCOPS denial; AAO Remanded for consideration of judging and other evidence and a complete totality analysis; director_findings: See decision-specific basis; AAO findings distinguished from Director/SCOPS findings. |
Operative disposition | {‘outcome’: ‘SCOPS decision withdrawn; matter Remanded.’, ‘basis’: ‘The appeal contested a finding that there was no one-time major award and that fewer than three criteria were met. AAO found SCOPS had not adequately addressed evidence for judging (including startup pitch competitions) and Remanded for consideration of all material evidence and a final-merits analysis if initial criteria are satisfied.’, ‘citation_pages’: [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | No final-merits determination; SCOPS was instructed to reconsider the record and, if threshold is satisfied, perform totality review. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Membership | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'eligible_for_narrow_comparison': True, 'fit': 'Potential comparison for technology founders and evidence of service as judges in pitch competitions; AAO did not find those criteria met, so do not label it approval.', 'caveats': 'Nonprecedent, fact-specific decision. Remand is not approval. Exclude procedural/classification cases from substantive merits outcome aggregation. Historical records require legal-temporal context.'}
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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