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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision APR232019_01B2203: Decision withdrawn and remanded for totality final-merits determination; AAO does not…
Decision summary: The AAO decision withdrawn and Remanded for totality final-merits determination; AAO does not decide ultimate eligibility. Remand; initial criteria met, final merits not decided.
Source limitation: The review record contains a source hold or limitation. Read the limitation below before relying on any case detail; unresolved facts are not treated as findings.
Scope classification from review: In scope; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | APR232019_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | April 23, 2019 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field as printed: architectural designer. |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; architectural designer; Director found three initial criteria but final merits analysis was deficient. |
Operative disposition | Decision withdrawn and Remanded for totality final-merits determination; AAO does not decide ultimate eligibility. |
Final-merits status | not reached; Remanded for proper totality analysis |
What the AAO decision addressed
Remand; initial criteria met, final merits not decided.
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 considered |
Membership | not considered |
Published material about the person | not considered |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not considered |
Scholarly authorship | not considered |
Artistic display or showcases | met — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | not considered |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not considered |
Source holds and limits
["Nonprecedent decisions are fact-specific and do not create binding agency policy.", "Do not claim that a remand means the petitioner ultimately qualified."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Nonprecedent decisions are fact-specific and do not create binding agency policy.
Do not claim that a remand means the petitioner ultimately qualified.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
Case identity, field and remand (PDF p. 1).
Criteria counted; final-merits errors described (PDF p. 2).
Totality review required; remand and no ultimate eligibility decision (PDF p. 3).
How this record may be used in research
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Editorial use note: Publish as an individual decision summary only with the narrow posture and outcome stated above; exclude from broad grouped conclusions unless the aggregation labels each distinction and caveat.
Page-level source trail
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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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