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EB-1A awards — AAO decision AUG022023_02B2203: Director’s decision withdrawn; matter remanded for a new decision. Review source status, procedural posture…
Decision summary: The AAO director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for a new decision. AAO identifies errors/omissions in analysis of award, membership, published-material and original-contribution evidence and in final-merits reasoning. Remand requires reevaluation of record and any appropriate response; no final outcome.
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; verified in source review. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | AUG022023_02B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | August 2, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A; long-distance runner |
Procedural posture | Appeal from Nebraska Service Center denial; AAO remands for further evaluation. |
Operative disposition | Director’s decision withdrawn; matter Remanded for a new decision. |
Final-merits status | "unclear" |
What the AAO decision addressed
AAO identifies errors/omissions in analysis of award, membership, published-material and original-contribution evidence and in final-merits reasoning. Remand requires reevaluation of record and any appropriate response; no final outcome.
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 |
Membership | unclear |
Published material about the person | unclear |
Judging the work of others | Not coded — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | unclear |
Scholarly authorship | Not coded — 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 |
Source-cited findings recorded in review
pp. 1–5; individual criteria cite pinpoint pages.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Runner appeal remand useful for evidence evaluation and reasoned criterion findings; not a final approval or denial. eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Editorial use note: eligible_for_editorial_review_with_citations
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 3 — Award and publication evidence; errors/omissions identified.
PDF page 4 — Response opportunity and final-merits analysis defects.
PDF page 5 — Withdraws decision and remands for new adjudication.
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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