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AAO EB-1A decision FEB202024_03B2203: Published material about the person

EB-1A published material about the person — AAO decision FEB202024_03B2203: Director decision withdrawn; remanded for final-merits determination. Review…

Decision summary: The AAO director decision withdrawn; Remanded for final-merits determination. Judging and artistic display: met as found by Director (p. 2); published material about beneficiary: met by AAO (pp. 2–3). Final merits required but 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	FEB202024_03B2203
Decision date as printed	February 20, 2024
Classification / field stated in source	EB-1A extraordinary ability in music; petitioner is a musician.
Procedural posture	De novo appeal from denial for failure to establish three criteria. Director found judging and artistic display met. AAO found published material about the petitioner in major media met, based on translated publication evidence and its circulation; the petitioner thereby overcame the sole stated denial ground. AAO withdrew the decision and Remanded for final-merits analysis.
Operative disposition	Director decision withdrawn; Remanded for final-merits determination.
Final-merits status	required_Not reached

What the AAO decision addressed

Judging and artistic display: met as found by Director (p. 2); published material about beneficiary: met by AAO (pp. 2–3). Final merits required but 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	not considered
Artistic display or showcases	met — source PDF
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 artistic display: met as found by Director (p. 2); published material about beneficiary: met by AAO (pp. 2–3). Final merits required but not reached.

How this record may be used in research

Comparison scope: Attribute judging/display to Director; avoid treating the threshold remand as final approval.

Editorial use note: Eligible for carefully scoped, citation-rich content; identify exact procedural posture and nonprecedent status.

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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Primary source

Official USCIS AAO decision PDF for FEB202024_03B2203