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EB-1A judging the work of others — AAO decision FEB012023_04B2203: Director decision withdrawn; matter remanded; AAO expresses no view on ultimate…
Decision summary: The AAO director decision withdrawn; matter Remanded; AAO expresses no view on ultimate eligibility. Procedural remand after criterion threshold already accepted by Director; no merits approval or denial.
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 | FEB012023_04B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 1, 2023 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability; field as printed: researcher in biomedical engineering. |
Procedural posture | Appeal after denial based on final merits; de novo review identifies deficient totality analysis and remands for new decision. |
Operative disposition | Director decision withdrawn; matter Remanded; AAO expresses no view on ultimate eligibility. |
Final-merits status | not reached; Remanded for Director to conduct final-merits determination |
What the AAO decision addressed
Procedural remand after criterion threshold already accepted by Director; no merits approval or denial.
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 | met — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | met — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | not considered |
Leading or critical role | not considered |
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
Identity, appeal posture and remand announced (PDF p. 1).
Director accepted five criteria; appeal concerns totality/final-merits explanation (PDF p. 2).
AAO finds deficient final-merits analysis and remands without opinion on ultimate resolution (PDF p. 3).
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: May be grouped only in explicitly labeled cross-case analyses of the same procedural question or criterion; do not combine outcomes into a general approval/denial rule. Its fact pattern, motion posture, and field should remain visible in any comparison.
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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