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EB-1A leading or critical role — AAO decision AUG012023_01B2203: Withdrawn and remanded. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: The AAO withdrawn and Remanded AAO found three criteria met and Remanded for the final-merits determination; it did not itself approve the petition.
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_EB1A_AAO_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | AUG012023_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | August 1, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | Denial withdrawn; Remanded for final merits |
Procedural posture | Director denied; AAO found judging, scholarly authorship, and leading/critical role met, satisfying three criteria, and Remanded for final merits. |
Operative disposition | Withdrawn and Remanded |
Final-merits status | Not decided by AAO; three criteria met and case Remanded for final merits. |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO found three criteria met and Remanded for the final-merits determination; it did not itself approve the petition.
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 reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | met |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
claim: Cover identifies petition and appellate posture.; pages: 1
claim: AAO evaluates judging and scholarly authorship evidence.; pages: 2
claim: AAO accepts judging and role evidence and finds the three-criterion threshold met.; pages: 3
claim: AAO withdraws denial and remands for final merits.; pages: 4
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: eligible_for_narrow_fact_grounded_content: True; must_preserve_procedural_posture: True; recommended_use: Strong narrowly scoped example on distinguishing invitations from completed judging and documenting scholarly review in a related technical area.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
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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