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EB-1A withdrawal and mootness — AAO decision DEC272005_15B2203: Withdrawn; remanded for RFE/NOID and response. Review source status, procedural posture…
Decision summary: The AAO withdrawn; Remanded for RFE/NOID and response. No criterion decided; notice and opportunity to cure required.
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 | DEC272005_15B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | December 27, 2005 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability. |
Procedural posture | Designer appeal after denial without RFE/NOID; insufficient evidence but no notice of deficiencies. |
Operative disposition | Withdrawn; Remanded for RFE/NOID and response. |
Final-merits status | not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
No criterion decided; notice and opportunity to cure required.
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 |
Membership | not reached |
Published material about the person | not reached |
Judging the work of others | not reached |
Original contributions of major significance | not reached |
Scholarly authorship | not reached |
Artistic display or showcases | not reached |
Leading or critical role | not reached |
High salary or remuneration | not reached |
Commercial success in the performing arts | not reached |
Source holds and limits
["Public copy contains privacy redactions; avoid personal data."]
Specific caveats recorded by the reviewer
Public copy contains privacy redactions; avoid personal data.
Source-cited findings recorded in review
AAO describes denial and framework. (PDF p. 2)
Lists criteria and minimal-evidence rationale; no RFE. (PDF p. 3)
AAO directs RFE/NOID with 12-week response; remand. (PDF p. 4)
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Group only by specific procedural or criterion issue; do not treat remand as approval.
Editorial use note: Eligible for carefully scoped, cited content; state exact posture and nonprecedent status.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 3 — Lists criteria and minimal-evidence rationale; no RFE.
PDF page 4 — AAO directs RFE/NOID with 12-week response; remand.
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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