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EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision FEB062024_01B2203: Director decision withdrawn; remanded for final-merits determination. Review…
Decision summary: The AAO director decision withdrawn; Remanded for final-merits determination. Judging and scholarly articles: met as found by Director (p. 2). Published material about beneficiary: met by AAO (pp. 2–3). Final merits required, not reached.
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 | FEB062024_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | February 6, 2024 |
Classification / field stated in source | EB-1A extraordinary ability in education/business; petitioner is a management information systems professor. |
Procedural posture | De novo appeal from denial for fewer than three criteria. Director found judging and scholarly authorship met; petitioner argued published material about her work also met. AAO held that the plain criterion requires material about the beneficiary, not merely the employer or work; the transcripts/articles focusing on platforms, her research, and her work made her the focus and satisfied the criterion. AAO withdrew the denial and Remanded for final merits. |
Operative disposition | Director decision withdrawn; Remanded for final-merits determination. |
Final-merits status | required_Not reached |
What the AAO decision addressed
Judging and scholarly articles: met as found by Director (p. 2). Published material about beneficiary: met by AAO (pp. 2–3). Final merits required, not reached.
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 | met — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | met — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | not considered |
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-cited findings recorded in review
Judging and scholarly articles: met as found by Director (p. 2). Published material about beneficiary: met by AAO (pp. 2–3). Final merits required, not reached.
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: Attribute judging/authorship to the Director; do not imply final-merits approval.
Editorial use note: Eligible for carefully scoped, citation-rich content; identify exact procedural posture and nonprecedent status.
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
PDF page 1 — Appeal dated Feb. 6, 2024; MIS professor; Director found fewer than three criteria.
PDF page 3 — Concludes published-material criterion met and remands for final merits.
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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