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EB-1A motions to reopen — AAO decision FEB212014_01B2101: Proceeding remanded to the Director for further action and entry of a new decision. Review…
Decision summary: The AAO {‘outcome’: ‘Proceeding Remanded to the Director for further action and entry of a new decision.’, ‘basis’: ‘The AAO addressed the process for reopening/revoking an approved petition and deficiencies in the Director’s notice and consideration of continued eligibility, including future work and evidence concerning published material and artistic display. The order remands rather than entering a final approval or denial.’, ‘citation_pages’: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]} The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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_eb1a_decision_or_related_proceeding. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | FEB212014_01B2101 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | 2014-02-21 |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: AAO nonprecedent decision reviewing an approved EB-1A petition following director reopening and revocation proceedings.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; classification: AAO nonprecedent decision reviewing an approved EB-1A petition following director reopening and revocation proceedings. |
Operative disposition | {‘outcome’: ‘Proceeding Remanded to the Director for further action and entry of a new decision.’, ‘basis’: ‘The AAO addressed the process for reopening/revoking an approved petition and deficiencies in the Director’s notice and consideration of continued eligibility, including future work and evidence concerning published material and artistic display. The order remands rather than entering a final approval or denial.’, ‘citation_pages’: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]} |
Final-merits status | Remand order directs further agency action; the source does not supply a final eligibility disposition or final-merits outcome. |
What the AAO decision addressed
The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
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 — source PDF |
Membership | Not considered — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Unclear; reserved — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not considered — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not considered — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not considered — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not considered — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not considered — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not considered — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {‘eligible_for_narrow_comparison’: True, ‘fit’: ‘Procedural comparison only for revocation/reopening due process, notice, and remand; not a settled merits comparator.’, ‘caveats’: ‘Do not describe as a final approval or denial; the underlying proceeding was Remanded.’}
Page-level source trail
Use the official PDF and the cited physical page numbers to check each statement.
Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
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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