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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision APR102015_01B2203: sustained. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision APR102015_01B2203: sustained. 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.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR102015_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2015-04-10 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | Director's decision withdrawn; appeal sustained and petition approved (pp. 2, 4). |
Operative disposition | sustained |
Final-merits status | Formal favorable final-merits determination reached. The AAO cited work in a top-ranked endocrinology program, teaching at a highly ranked pediatrics program, textbook chapters described as definitive references, and expert evidence of rare expertise (p. 4). |
What the AAO decision addressed
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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 coded — source PDF |
Membership | Not coded — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not coded — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not coded — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not coded — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not coded — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Useful positive science/medicine case for a comparison of peer review, scholarly output, influential reference works, and institutional roles. Publish only the actual AAO statements; don't assign an unspoken criterion mapping.
Page-level source trail
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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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